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ICEAH Seminar for Teachers from Ukraine
28-06-2024
A group of teachers from Ukraine participated in a seminar at the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust (ICEAH) at the Auschwitz Museum, which took place on June 24-26. This was the first seminar for Ukrainian educators at the Auschwitz Museum since the onset of the full-scale war in Ukraine.
84th anniversary of the deportation of the first Poles to KL Auschwitz - National Day of Remembrance
18-06-2024
14 June 1940 is considered the beginning of the functioning of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz. On that day, the Germans deported a group of 728 Poles from the Tarnów prison to Auschwitz. The group included soldiers who had fought against the German invasion in September 1939, members of underground independence organisations, secondary school, and university students, and a small number of Polish Jews. They were given numbers from 31 to 758.
Technology in the Service of Memory. Recognition for Orange Polska for Supporting Education at the Auschwitz Memorial.
14-06-2024
Orange Polska, the strategic technology partner of the Museum and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, has been recognized among the donors supporting the educational mission of the Memorial. A special plaque at the headquarters of the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust was unveiled during a ceremony that took place on 14 June.
"Poles in KL Auschwitz. The next stage of work on the exhibition.
13-06-2024
The new permanent exhibition "Poles in KL Auschwitz. Residents of the Oświęcim area during World War II" is being created on two floors of block 15 at the former Auschwitz I site. The ongoing work pertains to preserving the historic structure and construction activities, among other things. The groundwork for the initial exhibition elements is currently underway. The exhibition should be completed by the middle of next year.