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Fourteen individuals from Australia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States participated in the Volunteer Academy at the Auschwitz Museum. Organized by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust and the Museum's Archive, the project was conducted in an on-site format for the first time and attracted significant interest. Participants were among the first groups to use the newly opened Museum hostel located adjacent to the Memorial Site.

The International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust has made available the Japanese version of the online lesson "Auschwitz – Concentration and Extermination Camp".

On 1 October in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland in Warsaw, the 14th Session of the International Committee of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation took place, with representatives from countries supporting the Foundation's efforts to preserve the Auschwitz Memorial Site. Besides matters related to the conservation of the Memorial, an important topic of discussion was the upcoming 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

'Memoria' is an online magazine dedicated to the history of Auschwitz, the Holocaust as well as memory and education around the world.

During a seminar held between September 15-20, 2024, a group of staff and guides from the Auschwitz Museum delved into the history of Izieu, a small village in the mountains of southeastern France—a site of life, hope, and tragedy during World War II.

The International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust invites you to participate in the educational session "Sonderkommando Revolt," which will take place online on the Zoom platform on 7 October 2024. The webinar will be simultaneously translated into English.