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In the months of October and November, two subsequent editions of Raphael Lemkin’s seminar were held in the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau. The seminar is addressed to diplomats and middle management government employees from around the world. It was organized by the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) in cooperation with the United Nations and the International Centre for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust (ICEAH).

The new virtual tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial includes over 200 high-quality panoramic photographs. The 360⁰ images present the authentic sites and buildings of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp, complete with historical descriptions, dozens of witness accounts, archival documents and photographs, artworks created by the prisoners, and objects related to the history of the camp.

“Role of justice in fighting hatred and discrimination” — this is the title of the panel discussion which took place on 4th November in the so-called “Sauna” building in the former German Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp.

Thanks to the support granted by the USC Shoah Foundation and the World Jewish Congress, a group of a hundred former Auschwitz prisoners from all over the world will take part in the commemoration event of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp on January 27, 2015.

The initiators of the „Canadians Remember” campaign want to encourage Canadians to support financially the preservation of the authentic remains of the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz. The initiative aims at collecting at least 2.5 million Canadian dollars, and a contribution of just 1 dollar is enough to participate.

A new e-lesson “The Roma in Auschwitz” which tells the history of the Roma extermination in Auschwitz concentration camp between 1941 and 1944 has been published by the Center of Education on www.auschwitz.org. Its author is Teresa Wontor-Cichy, the historian of the Research Centre of the Auschwitz Museum.