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

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"There are always exclusions on the road to Auschwitz". International conference on exclusions in the contemporary world.

13-07-2021
Exclusions were the topic of an international educational conference organised by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust at the Auschwitz Museum entitled "If This Is a Man" Exclusions in the Modern World".

Sport and sportspeople in KL Auschwitz. New temporary exhibition at the Memorial

06-07-2021
"Sport and Sportspeople in KL Auschwitz" is a new temporary exhibition at the Auschwitz Memorial that tells the story of sport and sportspeople deported to the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz through archival material, artworks and original objects.

Winners of the volunteers award “If Not For Those Ten…”

05-07-2021
On the 74th anniversary of establishing of the Museum at the site of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, we are announcing the winners of “If Not for Those Ten…” awards. They go to our volunteers and representatives of institutions supporting voluntary work at the Memorial. Among the 2021 winners there are persons from Poland, Spain, Japan, Austria.

Online educational session devoted to Polish foresters in KL Auschwitz

04-07-2021
Online conference of the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust dedicated to the fate of foresters deported to German Nazi camp Auschwitz and addressed to Polish State Forests staff was held on June 29th.

International Summer Academy in German - 23-27 August 2021

28-06-2021
The 8th edition of the International Summer Academy in German – “Auschwitz – history, memory and education” will take place on August 23-27 2021. The program has been organized by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust at the Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum in cooperation with Pädagogische Hochschule Wien.

Dog tag of an SS camp garrison member in the Collections of the Memorial

23-06-2021
A dog tag belonging to one of the SS camp garrison members at the Auschwitz German Nazi concentration and extermination camp has been donated to the Auschwitz Memorial. It is the second item of this kind in the Museum's Collection.