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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.
More than 200 former Auschwitz prisoners have now signed the Foundation Act of the Education Center
14-03-2007