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Next year's commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz will probably be the last semi-circular anniversary to be attended by numerous survivors, former prisoners of Auschwitz. We estimate that even over 120 Auschwitz survivors may participate in the official event.

“Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust at Authentic Memorial Sites. Current Status and Future Prospects” is a new publication by the Auschwitz Museum. It is a summary of the international conference which was held in Oświęcim on 10-12 November 2018.

Over a dozen original objects and copies of documents from the Collections of the Auschwitz Memorial are on display at the exhibition "The Volunteer. Witold Pilecki and his mission in Auschwitz" prepared in Berlin by the Pilecki Institute.

Father Maximilian Maria Kolbe, a Franciscan, was killed in the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz 78 years ago. A solemn Holy Mass was celebrated on the anniversary of this event at Block 11, which housed the camp prison where the monk was murdered. The Mass was presided over by Abp. Marek Jędraszewski.

The significant financial support will help to develop the infrastructure for providing services to visitors to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial. The agreement between the Museum and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation for the transfer of $5.5 million for the project was signed in New York by the director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Piotr M. A. Cywiński, and the donors: Ronald S. Lauder and Joel Citron - on behalf of himself and his wife, Ulrika. The funds will enable the implementation of one of the complementary projects to the new Visitor Service Centre.

19 Israeli guides and employees of institutions involved in the subject of the Holocaust took part in the seminar entitled "Auschwitz in the collective consciousness in Poland and around the world. The role and significance of the Auschwitz-Birkenau memory for Jews and Poles”, which was held from 28 July - 8 August 2019. It was organised by the International Centre for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.