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'Memoria' is an online magazine dedicated to the history of Auschwitz, the Holocaust as well as memory and education around the world.

On 14 June 1940, the Germans transferred a group of 728 Poles from the prison in Tarnów to the Auschwitz camp. The group included soldiers of the September campaign, members of the independence underground organisations, school pupils and students, and a small group of Polish Jews. They were given numbers from 31 to 758. Of the 728 deported prisoners, 325 survived the war, 292 perished, while the fate of 111 is unknown to date.

The 43rd session of the International Auschwitz Council was held on 12 May 2026 at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. The session was chaired by Prof. Dariusz Stola.

On 7 May 2026, the Council of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum met in Oświęcim under the chairmanship of Prof. Barbara Engelking. At the beginning of the meeting, the Museum Director, Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński, presented the official appointment to the Museum Council to Krzysztof Kosior, the great-grandson of Witold Pilecki. His candidacy had been submitted to the Minister of Culture and National Heritage following the previous meeting.

'Memoria' is an online magazine dedicated to the history of Auschwitz, the Holocaust as well as memory and education around the world.

Professor Jürgen Rüttgers has been awarded the “Light of Remembrance,” the highest distinction of the Auschwitz Memorial. The award was presented to him on 29 April in Düsseldorf by the Director of the Auschwitz Museum, Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński. A particularly important aspect of the laureate’s public activity has been his commitment to preserving the authenticity of the Auschwitz Memorial.