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The Death of Silent Witnesses to History

27-03-2007
In recent days, the inventory of trees at the site of the Auschwitz camp has been reduced by the loss of three historic poplars, the oldest of which was over 90 years old. Many years of efforts to save the trees proved incapable of halting the natural process of dying, and the hard decision to cut the trees down had to be made this year.

The Challenge of Remembrance after Auschwitz

27-03-2007
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Director Piotr Cywiński recently paid a call on the State Higher Vocational School in Oświęcim and held talks with the school’s rector, Professor Lucjan Suchanek, and its chancellor, Adam Bilski. They discussed cooperation between the two neighboring institutions, both of which have great educational roles.

Were the SS the Elite of German Society? A new Museum Publication

22-03-2007
Aleksander Lasik’s Sztafety Ochronne w systemie niemieckich obozów koncentracyjnych. Rozwój organizacyjny, ewolucja zadań i struktur oraz socjologiczny obraz obozowych załóg SS [The Protective Squadrons in the German concentration camp system: The organizational development, evolution of tasks and structures, and sociological makeup of the SS concentration camp garrisons], over 500 pages long, is the newest title published by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Its author is a Polish historian and expert on the SS.

ERA – European Resistance Archive. International Memorial Trip to Auschwitz

20-03-2007
From February 27th to March 4th, the yearly memory trip organized by the Italian history institute “Istoreco” to Krakow and Auschwitz-Birkenau took place the ninth time with 430 participants.

More than 200 former Auschwitz prisoners have now signed the Foundation Act of the Education Center

14-03-2007
More than 200 former prisoners of the Auschwitz German camp have now signed the Foundation Act of the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust, which will be opened at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.

Medicine in Auschwitz. Educational Conference for Teachers

13-03-2007
A conference titled Medicine in Auschwitz took place at the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust on March 10. It was the first of several educational events for teachers scheduled this year.