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Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Director Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Director Sara Bloomfield signed an agreement in Washington for the loan of about a thousand objects from the collections of the Auschwitz Memorial, which will go on display as part of the USHMM main exhibition. Most of the items are utensils and other everyday objects that belonged to Jewish families sent to their death at Auschwitz, the largest Nazi German death camp.

The main article in the second English language edition of "Oś" [Axis] magazine is a lecture by the director of Auschwitz Memorial Dr. Piotr M.A. Cywiński given for students of State Higher Vocational School in Oświęcim. The topic of the lecture was “The Future of Remembrance—A Challenge for the 21st Century”.

On March 18, 2009 (Wednesday) between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. due to conservation works on wiring there will be a power cut in the Museum. In the ensuing situation the following impediments will appear.

​March 28th, 2009, the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust at the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau organized an educational seminar dedicated to the publications, which appeared in the series Voices of Remembrance.

Polish premier Donald Tusk’s letter to the leaders of European and other countries about the new Auschwitz-Birkenau foundation has evoked a range of publications and reactions around the world.

Poland's prime minister has appealed to leaders of EU countries for help raising euro 120 million (about $150 million) for badly needed preservation work at the sprawling former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced the government will donate euro 1 million ($1.3 million) for Auschwitz restoration work.