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

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18 years at the helm of the Memorial

30-08-2024
1 September marks 18 years for Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński as the director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. Before this, he served for six years as the secretary of the International Auschwitz Council.

New hostel will revolutionise volunteering at Auschwitz Memorial

29-08-2024
The construction of a hostel that will primarily serve volunteers and participants of educational projects conducted at the Museum by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust has been completed.

"Sinti and Roma. Exclusion - Extermination - Memory”. Summary of the MCEAH and WCIES methodology conference.

27-08-2024
Around 100 teachers from various parts of Poland participated in a three-day methodology conference. The conference was jointly organised by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust (ICEAH) and the Warsaw Centre for Educational and Social Innovation (WCIES) and Training.

"The Role of the Archive at the Memorial Site" - webinar, 11 September 2024

23-08-2024
The International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust invites you to participate in the educational session "The Role of the Archive at the Memorial Site," dedicated to the collection, storage, accessibility, and preservation of archival materials related to the history of the German Nazi camp Auschwitz. The session will be held online via the Zoom platform on 11 September 2024, and will be simultaneously translated into English.

International Summer Academy – for the first time at the Memorial Site and online

19-08-2024
Due to enormous interest, for the first time in the history of the International Summer Academy organized by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust, the program was held in two formats – onsite and online.

Call for Participants: Seminar for Journalists 2024 | 7-10 October

08-08-2024
"History, Memory and Responsibility" is the title of the English-language seminar for journalists at the Auschwitz Memorial. It will take place on 7-10 October 2024 (Oct 7 & 10 are the arrival and departure days).