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

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On the Anniversary of the First Transport

30-05-2005
The Tarnów branch of the Auschwitz Preservation Society is preparing a rich commemorative program to mark this painful date.

Art In Auschwitz 1940-1945 Exhibition Opens in Berlin

23-05-2005
Can “Holocaust art,” like works by Auschwitz prisoners for instance, be shown outside the camp in a typical art gallery? Can it be understood outside the Auschwitz context?

The International Center for Teaching about Auschwitz and the Holocaust Officially Founded

21-05-2005
After changes by the Minister of Culture to the Museum Statute, The International Center for Teaching about Auschwitz and the Holocaust formally came into existence on may 13, 2005.

Will the Lack of a Plan Hold Everything Up?

20-05-2005
Oświęcim mayor Janusz Marszałek blames the lack of a current local zoning plan for the failure to obtain a ruling covering the use of the land on which the Old Theater stands, including any construction there. The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim wants to locate the International Center for Teaching about Auschwitz and the Holocaust there.

Commemoration and Works of Art from Auschwitz

04-05-2005
A meeting organized by the Museum examined the results of studies of the history and present state of the original camp kitchen building, which stands near the Auschwitz I Arbeit macht frei gate.

Commemoration of the “Judenrampe”

28-02-2005
The “Judenrampe,” the railroad tracks between the Auschwitz and Birkenau camps where the Germans sent countless transports full of Jews, Poles, Roma and others who would become victims of the camp during the war, was opened to visitors on January 27, 2005.