News
More data about Auschwitz inmates available online
04-12-2009
At the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum website, the online list of registered Auschwitz prisoners has grown by 281 thousand new entries, and now covers about 180 thousand individual prisoners. Compilation of this data about people imprisoned in the camp, based on extant original SS records, has been underway since 1991.
New English language edition of Oś — the Auschwitz Memorial magazine
03-12-2009
Two Presidents of the European Parliament, the incumbent Jerzy Buzek and his predecessor Hans-Gert Poettering, were in Oświęcim in September. Oś reports on their visit to the Auschwitz site and interviews Professor Buzek on the international significance of the Museum, which has already had more than a million visitors from all over the world this year. Even more significantly, we publish extensive excerpts from the exceptionally interesting debate held at the International Youth Meeting Center on “Europe Lost, Europe Reborn,” where Buzek and Poettering were joined by Christoph Heubner and Marian Turski.
New English language edition of Oś — the Auschwitz Memorial magazine
19-11-2009
The love story of two Auschwitz prisoners, Mala Zimetbaum, a Jew, and Edward Galiński, a Pole, along with their bold escape, makes up one of the most moving chapters in the history of the camp—and also one of the most tragic. It seemed as if love would win out and their effort to break free of the world of Auschwitz would succeed. Things turned out differently. They were caught and forced to return to the camp. They were executed 65 years ago, on August 22, 1944. Oś is publishing accounts by former prisoners who remember Mala and Edek, as well as their escape attempt.
See the faces of these people. 18 522 portraits on the Belgian exhibition at the Auschwitz Memorial
12-11-2009
Ronald S. Lauder Named Benefactor of Polish Culture
30-10-2009
For the second year running, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage awarded its Benefactor of Polish Culture prizes at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. Ronald S. Lauder, nominated by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, won the prize in the Donor category. His support has enabled the Museum to install up-to-date conservation workshops and studios.