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

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New Cameras

05-07-2002
The Museum parking lot at the Birkenau site is now monitored around the clock. The parking lot is used by visitors to the site of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. The electronic surveillance will mean a significant increase in security for guests and their vehicles.

The Sixty-Second Anniversary of the First Transport of Polish Prisoners to Auschwitz

14-06-2002
On June 14, 1940, the Nazis sent a group of 729 Polish men (including approximately 20 Jews) from the prison in Tarnów to the newly opened Auschwitz Concentration Camp.

Better Access to the Synagogue

22-05-2002
Information about and an invitation to visit the Jewish Center and Chevra Lomdei Mishanyot Synagogue will soon be displayed at Auschwitz Museum information points and at the Museum's bus stops. Visitors without cars can already reach the Center and Synagogue, thanks to a new bus route opened by the Museum. Every day at 3:00 p.m., a bus leaves the Museum parking lot, carrying those interested to the only synagogue in Oświęcim. A Center staff member meets the bus when it arrives at the Synagogue.

Oświęcim Visitors Information Point at the Auschwitz Museum

21-05-2002
A municipal visitors information point, to serve people from outside the city of Oświęcim, will open at the Museum (Main Parking Lot) in June. This has been made possible through an agreement between the Musuem administration and the Oświęcim city government. As a result, visitors to the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum will have access to full information on the sightseeing and cultural attractions in the city and the surrounding area, as well as the overnight accommodations and restaurants available there.

An Award for the Museum

20-05-2002
The Sybilla 2001 statuettes—for the best museum events of the year—were awarded on Saturday at the Royal Palace in Warsaw. For several years now, the awards have been made on May 18, International Museum Day.

Bowing Our Heads over the Remains of the Victims of Auschwitz

05-05-2002
"Safeguarding the memory of the victims of the Auschwitz camp is one of the major tasks before us. We should all learn the history of this place and convey the knowledge we acquire to the succeeding generations. No one can ever fully recompense the victims for their agony and suffering. All we can do is to safeguard the memory of them, a memory that constitutes the basis for the posthumous restoration of their personhood, a memory that acts on our emotions and reason and that compels us to draw the appropriate conclusions.