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The European Commission has assigned €4 million to support the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum within the framework of the Auschwitz—Preserving Authenticity—Nine Tasks for the Years 2012-2015 project. The funds come from the Europe for Citizens program. The contract was signed by Museum Director Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński and the European Commission General Director for Social Communication, Jean Pierre Vandersteen.

The new edition of Oś devotes quite a large amount of space to educational projects offered to unique audience—inmates, who are incarcerated in the correctional institutions of Małopolska region. Currently, the third edition of the project Auschwitz—History—Civic Education is underway. The topic being presented is profiles of the Righteous Among the Nations.

The seminar named in honor of Raphael Lemkin, dedicated to the crime of Genocide has come to an end. The project is meant for representatives of Ministries of Foreign affairs from around the world, and the organizer of the seminar are: The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation [AIPR], The United Nations, and the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust operating at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.

Twenty-five teachers, members of museum staff, and educators from institutions that work with the subject of the Holocaust as well as the history of the Second World War, participated in the seminar “Judaism — the History and Culture of Polish Jews — The Holocaust”, which took place from November 12th to the 26th at the Yad Vashem Institute in Jerusalem.

The International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim organized an education session entitled Auschwitz in the memories of former prisoners.

Over twenty educators from Terezín took part in the seminar, “Auschwitz – history and symbolism”, organized in October by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust.