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MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU FORMER GERMAN NAZI
CONCENTRATION AND EXTERMINATION CAMP

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$1,250,000 for the Education Center

26-06-2003
We wrote recently about the Grand Circle Foundation. Its chairman, Allan Lewis, visited the Museum on June 21 and signed a letter of intent for $1,250,000 in aid to the Museum, earmarked for adapting the "Old Theater" building for use by the Education Center. The funds will be transferred over a period of five years following the formal handover of the building to the Museum.

Preserving for the Future

26-06-2003
An international conference on Preserving for the Future was held from June 23-25 to mark the dedication of the preservation workshops and studios at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.

Preservation for the Future

05-06-2003
One of the most modern preservation studios in Poland will go into service on Monday, June 23. It will employ specialists from Nicholas Copernicus University in Toruń who are graduates of the Fine arts Faculty with specializations in the preservation and restoration of works of art.

George W. Bush at Auschwitz

31-05-2003
President George W. Bush and his wife Laura paid a private visit to the Museum today. The guests toured both parts of the site of the camp and placed floral tributes in commemoration of the victims at the Death Wall in Auschwitz I and at the monument to the victims in Auschwitz II-Birkenau.

Arabs, Jews Trace Holocaust at Auschwitz

27-05-2003
More than 100 Israeli Arabs toured the Auschwitz death camp alongside Israeli Jews on Tuesday, in a visit aimed at deepening Arab understanding of Jewish suffering during the Holocaust.

For the Sake of Peace

21-05-2003
A group of 300 people, made up of Jews and Arabs from Israel and Palestinians, will visit the Museum on May 27-28. They will be joined in Oświęcim by a group of 200 people, mostly Jews and Muslims, from France.