News
A youth lost behind the barbed wire
25-10-2011
The Museum has published the memoirs of Józef Matynia, a former Auschwitz prisoner, radio journalist, editor, and historian. The memoirs titled Młodość utracona za drutami (A youth lost behind the barbed wire) consist of five chapters describing his arrest by the Germans for underground activity and imprisonment in Pułtusk and Działdowo, the years he spent in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps, the forced evacuation from Buchenwald, and liberation in Dachau.
New English Language Edition of "Oś" Monthly Magazine
24-10-2011
In this edition there are many pages devoted to the subject of historical maintenance and, importantly, the commemorations that have taken place on August 2, 2011, to mark the Sinti and Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day. Published in this issue, among others, is an article written by British students, who are doing their professional training at the Conservation Workshops of the Memorial Site.
European Seminar
20-10-2011
“Teaching about the Holocaust: Integration of Site Visits in the pedagogical work” – is the title of this years seminar for educators and teachers from countries belonging to the Council of Europe, signatories to the European Cultural Convention, which had its place in Kraków and Oświęcim on October 8-14, 2011.
