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

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Auschwitz Museum and North Rhine-Westphalia Work Together to Save Documents

02-07-2007
At a ceremony in the Preservation Workshops on Sunday, July 1, Director Piotr M. A. Cywiński, representing the Museum, and Premier Jürgen Rütgers, representing the German Federal Land of North Rhine-Westphalia, signed the contract for the conservation of Auschwitz SS-Hygiene Institute records from the Museum Archives.

60th Anniversary of the Founding of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

02-07-2007
An international conference, exhibitions, and a new book to mark the occasion will commemorate the 60th anniversary, in July, of the founding of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.

Statues Saved from Destruction

29-06-2007
Igor Bartosik, head of the Collections Department, said that the only original sculptures from the camp have been brought to the Museum. During the war, they stood at the entrance gate of the Auschwitz sub-camp in Jawiszowice, where prisoners worked as slave laborers in the coal mine.

A Lingering Presence — A New Temporary Photography Exhibition by the Irish Photographer Simon Watson

29-06-2007
An exhibition of photographs by Simon Watson of Ireland will open on July 2 to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Museum, and will run until August 2.

German Assistance for the Auschwitz Museum. Original camp documents to be preserved

28-06-2007
The ceremonial signing of a contract with representatives of the German Federal Land of North Rhine-Westphalia will take place on July 1, 2007 at the Museum Preservation Workshop. It covers the conservation of the documents of the SS Hygiene Institute at Auschwiotz, held in the Museum Archives. The records cover the period from April 10, 1943 to January 12, 1945.

Change to the Auschwitz Entry on the UNESCO World heritage List

28-06-2007
During its 31st session, in New Zealand on June 27, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee approved a change in the entry for the remains of the Auschwitz concentration camp.