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“Women of war” was the main topic of the 5th Polish National Conference “Auschwitz and the Holocaust against the backdrop of genocide in the twentieth century”, which took place in Oświęcim between 5 and 8 June. The aim of the conference was to show situation of women during armed conflicts and wars, as well as in places where human rights abuse takes place. One of the organizers of the conference was International Centre for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.

A group of students from The University of British Columbia in Vancouver recently visited the Auschwitz Memorial for a two-week seminar entitled "Witnessing Auschwitz - Conflicting Stories and Memories". The event was co-organised by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.

The international conference of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI), co-organised by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, crowned the four-year project concerning the documentation of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. The main goal of the project was to arrange an exchange of experiences between people who work on documenting the history of the Holocaust, as well as to design a website providing access to many archival sources on the extermination of the Jews.

The exhibition is dedicated to the memory of the Jews deported in the summer of 1944 - 70 years ago - from Hungary to the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz. It is taking place in the temporary exhibition hall in Block 12 on the premises of the former Auschwitz I camp.

Preparations for the 70th anniversary of liberation of the former Nazi German concentration camp were the most important issue during the session of The International Council of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. The Auschwitz Council, appointed by the he minister of culture and art, supervises the statutory activity of the Museum and gives an opinion on plans for its actions.

On April 28 the 23th March of the Living took place at the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz. Approximately ten thousand people, mostly young Jews from all around the world, but also a large group of Polish youth, marched from the 'Arbeit macht frei' gate at Auschwitz I to Auschwitz II-Birkenau. It was the last March of the Living before the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz camp falling on 27th of January 2015.