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

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Serbia and Albania joined the donors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation. The Perpetual Fund is supported by 40 countries.

30-12-2024
Over forty countries now support the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation's Perpetual Fund, which ensures the preservation of the authenticity of the remains of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz.

Director of the Auschwitz Museum received the St. Grigol Peradze Award

06-12-2024
Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński, the Director of the Auschwitz Museum, received the St. Grigol Peradze Award. It was presented during the 21st International Caucasian Conference “Caucasica Antiqua et Christiana” dedicated to St. Grigol Peradze, which took place at the Warsaw University on December 6.

Memorabilia and documents related to Walentyna Konopska donated to the Museum

28-11-2024
Unique memorabilia and documents related to an Auschwitz Survivor Walentyna Konopska were donated to the Museum's Collections and Archives. These include an album and a portrait made in the Auschwitz II-Birkenau, as well as letters and postcards sent from the camp.

New online tool allows searching for information about Auschwitz victims and transports to the camp

26-11-2024
On victims.auschwitz.org, you can search for information about people deported to the German Nazi camp Auschwitz, as well as learn details about most transports to the camp. Currently, it contains data on 1,187 transports and 265,702 people, based on approximately 1 million document entries.

Teacher Theodore Kempinski Became Honorary Consul of Auschwitz Memorial in the U.S.

22-11-2024
American teacher Theodore Kempinski has been appointed as the Honorary Consul of the Auschwitz Memorial in the United States. He will primarily support the activities undertaken by the Diplomacy of Remembrance of the Museum in the State of Massachusetts.

"The Chronicle of Events at KL Auschwitz." A unique compendium documenting the crimes at Auschwitz day by day.

12-11-2024
The complete, five-volume edition of the new "Chronicle of Events at KL Auschwitz" has been released in Polish. On 2,216 pages, the functioning of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz is detailed day by day.