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MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU FORMER GERMAN NAZI
CONCENTRATION AND EXTERMINATION CAMP

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A New Guide to the Route of the Death Marches

20-08-2007
The Auschwitz Preservation Society has published a revised version of a guidebook following the route of one of the “Death Marches” along which Auschwitz prisoners were marched from the camp to the town of Wodzisław Sląski in January 1945.

The Warsaw Uprising and Deportation from Warsaw to Auschwitz

16-08-2007
At 5:00 p.m. on August 1, precisely 63 years after the start of the Warsaw Uprising, Museum Director Piotr M.A. Cywiński and accompanying persons placed wreaths at the Death Wall in commemoration of this tragic event.

Visitor Numbers Set New Record

16-08-2007
Over 700 thousand people visited the site of the Nazi German Auschwitz Concentration Camp in the first 7 months of 2007—over 200 thousand more than in the corresponding period last year. This means that, if visitors keep arriving at the present level, the annual; total will exceed 1.2 million. Admission to the Museum is free.

63rd Anniversary of the Murder of the Zigeunerlager Prisoners

01-08-2007
The Association of the Roma in Poland and the Romani Historical Institute invite you to ceremonies commemorating the 63rd anniversary of the murder by the Nazis of the Roma prisoners who remained alive in the Zigeunerlager (“Gypsy” Camp).

From Intern to Candidate - Museum Director Meets with Guides

31-07-2007
Museum Director Dr. Piotr M.A. Cywiński met with guides to the grounds of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum on the occasion of the recent 60th anniversary of the founding of the Museum.

Fiber-Optic Computer Network at the Museum

30-07-2007
Museum information technology specialists have put a fiber-optic-based area network into operation. It covers seven buildings at the Auschwitz I site and connects almost 200 computers.