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Auschwitz Museum Obtains Priceless Memorabilia from Former Prisoners

19-06-2006
June 19, Bielsko-Biała (PAP-Polish Press Agency) – A white alloy signet ring that belonged to Polish former Auschwitz prisoner Tadeusz Orłowski (camp number 111) and a metal lighter that probably belonged to a Polish prisoner in the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp have been donated to the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Collections Department head Igor Bartosik told PAP on Monday....

Commemorating the Anniversary of the First Deportation to Auschwitz

15-06-2006
June 14, Oświęcim (PAP—Polish Press Agency). The 66th anniversary of the deportation of 728 Polish political prisoners to the German Auschwitz camp was marked in Oswiecim on Wednesday. June 14 is regarded as the day when the camp began functioning. Former prisoners, including some from the first transport, took part in the ceremony.

Adam Cyra, A Trace of Them Remains…

13-06-2006
This is a book about Block no. 11 and the fate of the prisoners who carved inscriptions and sketches on its walls, doors, window sills, and ceiling beams—in many cases, before going to their deaths.

June 14 To Be Nazi Concentration Camp Victims Remembrance Day in Poland

09-06-2006
The Polish Sejm (parliament) has voted to make June 14 Nazi Concentration Camp Victims Remembrance Day.

Benedict XVI Prays at Birkenau for the Grace of Reconciliation

01-06-2006
Birkenau, May 28 (PAP-Polish Press Agency) Benedict XVI prayed for the "grace of reconciliation" at the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, where the Nazis murdered at least 1.1 million people, most of them Jews. "I could not fail to come here," the Pope said during a ceremony attended by almost 200 prisoners of the camp.

New Members of the International Auschwitz Council. Prime Minister's nominations change Council

30-05-2006
May 29, 2006, Warsaw – "This council is international because memory, too, must be international. It must be a memory that belongs to all of us," said Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz during ceremonies marking the nomination of members of the International Auschwitz Council.