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New online lesson: “Prisoners with the Purple Triangle. The Fate of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Bible Students in Auschwitz"

04-07-2024
A new online lesson dedicated to the prisoners who were Jehovah’s Witnesses and Bible Students in the German Nazi camp Auschwitz has been prepared by the International Centre for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust. Its author is Dr. Teresa Wontor-Cichy from the Museum Research Centre. The lesson is available in English and Polish.

Winners of the Memorial Award for Volunteers: "If not for those ten...".

02-07-2024
On the 77th anniversary of the creation of the Museum on the site of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz, the Director's Award of the Museum "If There Were Not Ten..." was presented. The recipients are volunteers, interns, volunteer coordinators, and institutions supporting volunteers at the Memorial.

Memoria Magazine no. 81

29-06-2024
'Memoria' is an online magazine dedicated to the history of Auschwitz, the Holocaust as well as memory and education around the world.

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.

19th Session of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation Council

25-06-2024
On 20 June at the Warsaw headquarters of KPMG, which has supported the Foundation’s activities from the start, the 19th session of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation Council took place.

Artistic Works and Documents of Auschwitz Survivor Waldemar Nowakowski Added to the Collections of the Museum

19-06-2024
A valuable collection of artistic works by the Auschwitz Survivor Waldemar Nowakowski, along with camp documents related to him and his wife, has been added to the Collections of the Museum.