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Prof. Michael Berenbaum has been honored with the "Light of Remembrance," the highest award of the Auschwitz Memorial Site. The award was presented to him on October 29th during the meeting of the International Auschwitz Council by Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński, director of the Auschwitz Museum.

The 40th session of the International Auschwitz Council was held at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews on 29 October. It was chaired by Prof. Dariusz Stola.

The architectural design of the new Visitor Services Center at the Auschwitz Museum has been awarded the best architectural object in the "Architecture in the Heritage Space" category by the Jury of the Award of the Year of the Association of Polish Architects.

The Auschwitz Museum and our podcast "On Auschwitz" have been nominated for the Janusz Majka Podcast of the Year Award.

In recent days, the Auschwitz Memorial and Museum was visited by three European presidents. On October 9th, the President of Croatia, Zoran Milanović, and on October 12th, the President of Greece, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, and the President of Hungary, Tamás Sulyok.

The International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust invites you to participate in the webinar "Collections of the Memorial," which will be held online via Zoom on October 30, 2024.