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Art in Auschwitz, 1940-1945. An Album of Art Work by Auschwitz prisoners

20-09-2006
The Museum's internet bookstore is offering for sale this 400-page album full of high-fidelity reproductions of 175 works of art, mostly sketches, drawings, and paintings made by prisoners in Auschwitz Concentration Camp during the Second World War.

The History of the IG Farben Werk Auschwitz Camps, 1941-1945

19-09-2006
The first full, wide-ranging study of the activities of the German IG Farben company in Auschwitz during World War II. The History of the IG Farben Werk Auschwitz Camps, 1941-1945, by Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum historian Piotr Setkiewicz, is the first in-depth study of the history of the synthetic rubber and fuel plants that the German cartel built in Oświęcim during the Second World War.

Barracks at Auschwitz II-Birkenau Site To Undergo Conservation

18-09-2006
Sept. 14 Oświęcim (PAP – Polish Press Agency) – Preparations are underway for preservation work on some of the prisoner barracks at the site of the German Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.

New Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. P. Cywiński succeeds J. Wróblewski as director

11-09-2006
Dr. Piotr M.A. Cywiński is the head of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum as of September 1, 2006. He takes over the duties of the previous director, Jerzy Wróblewski, who has retired after a career spanning 50 years.

Seminar for Teachers and Educators from Romania

08-09-2006
Teachers and educators from Romania traveled to Poland from August 31-September 2 to take part in an educational seminar titled The Symbolism of Auschwitz: Education at a Memorial Site, prepared by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust.

International Seminar for European Teachers

08-09-2006
Auschwitz: History, Education, and Symbolism is a seminar for European teachers being held from September 6-11, 2006 at the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust.