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Auschwitz in Sculpture, by Jolanta Kupiec—an art historian who has served for many years on the staff of the Collections Department at the Museum—provides readers with a new educational resource on the art works held at this special memorial site. These sculptures round out the image of the history of Auschwitz, serving as visual reminders of the crimes committed there. They are compelling reminders of the depravity caused by Nazism and war.

The local authorities taking part in the Government Oświęcim Strategic Program are to receive 6 million złotych from the Polish budget this year and in each of the next 4 years.

January 3, Oświęcim (PAP-Polish Press Agency) – The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum has acquired a collection of 87 unique black-and-white photographs, taken after liberation in the fall of 1945 and at the beginning of 1946, from Warsaw resident and former prisoner Zbigniew Klawender, Museum Archives head Piotr Setkiewicz told PAP.

The deadline has passed for the submission of entries to the Withered Rose Competition, organized by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust. The young entrants submitted 26 works. The results will be announced on January 12, 2007.

The artist, who was born in Oświęcim and now lives in Jerusalem, has denoted one of her paintings to the Museum. It is an untitled depiction of a single gray flower in a glass vase. In tones of gray and black, the composition, measuring 100 x 70 cm., was made on paper using mixed techniques.

The Polish embassy in Rome is demanding an apology and correction from the host of the Matrix TV program, who accused the residents of Oświęcim of participation in the Holocaust. Broadcast on Mediaset TV, owned by Silvio Berlusconi, the program was viewed yesterday by an audience of 1,398,000. The subject was Holocaust denial and the Tehran conference.