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

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A Seminar for Yad Vashem Staff Members

20-06-1999
A group of Yad Vashem staff members spent two weeks at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum as part of the cooperation program established between the two institutions several years ago.

What About "The Little Red House"?

20-06-1999
A newspaper article appeared on the so-called "Little Red House," pointing out serious shortcomings in the new law on the protection of memorial sites.

The Anniversary of the Arrival in Auschwitz of the First Transport of Prisoners

14-06-1999
The commemoration of the first transport was overshadowed by the papal visit.

Auschwitz Denial - a Precedent-Setting Trial

10-06-1999
Charges against Dariusz Ratajczak were filed in the Regional Court in Opole.

Gold Cross of Merit for Jonathan Webber

25-05-1999
Jonathan Webber, a professor at Oxford and member of the International Auschwitz Council, has been awarded the Gold Cross of Merit.

Visit by Dina Gottliebova

20-05-1999
Former Auschwitz concentration camp prisoner Dina Gottliebova visited the Museum in the company of her daughter, her lawyer, and an NBC television crew. She is demanding the return of watercolors of Gypsies that she painted on orders from Dr. Mengele.