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CONCENTRATION AND EXTERMINATION CAMP

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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.

Memoria Magazine no. 85

31-10-2024
'Memoria' is an online magazine dedicated to the history of Auschwitz, the Holocaust as well as memory and education around the world.

"Light of Remembrance" Awarded to Prof. Michael Berenbaum

30-10-2024
Prof. Michael Berenbaum has been honored with the "Light of Remembrance," the highest award of the Auschwitz Memorial Site. The award was presented to him on October 29th during the meeting of the International Auschwitz Council by Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński, director of the Auschwitz Museum.

40th Session of the International Auschwitz Council

29-10-2024
The 40th session of the International Auschwitz Council was held at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews on 29 October. It was chaired by Prof. Dariusz Stola.