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The annual training program for Museum guides began in January. The aim is to enhance the quality of guide services offered by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial.

Work on the "Historical and Memorial Description of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp Site" has been completed.

Stefan Stapelberg, head of the Rent-a-Guru company in Heidelberg, Germany, has donated a copy of the commercial version of HTTP-Analyze software to the Museum.

Another course in the series organized by the Yad Vashem Memorial Institute in cooperation with the Museum was held in Israel from November 16 to 30. The 34 participants from Poland included two Museum staff members. Most of the group were history teachers. There were also Polish teachers, priests, and several guides from the Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial.

A launch was held at the Royal Castle in Warsaw for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum's newest book, Księga Pamięci. Transporty Polaków z Warszawy do KL Auschwitz-Birkenau w latach 1940-1945 (The Memorial Book: Transports of Poles to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, 1940-1945).

Volkswagen Poznań Inc., represented by its chief executive Klaus Eberhardt, has donated a Caravelle 75/TDI to the Museum.