News
Winners of the volunteers award “If Not For Those Ten…”
05-07-2021
On the 74th anniversary of establishing of the Museum at the site of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, we are announcing the winners of “If Not for Those Ten…” awards. They go to our volunteers and representatives of institutions supporting voluntary work at the Memorial. Among the 2021 winners there are persons from Poland, Spain, Japan, Austria.
International Summer Academy in German - 23-27 August 2021
28-06-2021
The 8th edition of the International Summer Academy in German – “Auschwitz – history, memory and education” will take place on August 23-27 2021. The program has been organized by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust at the Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum in cooperation with Pädagogische Hochschule Wien.
The exhibition "Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away." in Kansas City. Luis Ferreiro awarded with the "Light of Remembrance".
16-06-2021
On June 14th, the day which marks the anniversary of the first transport of Polish prisoners to German Auschwitz camp and specially for this occasion, at Union Station in Kansas City in the USA, the exhibition “Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away” was inaugurated, prepared by the Auschwitz Museum and Spanish company Musealia. During the inauguration ceremony Luis Ferreiro, Director of Musealia, was awarded with the “Light of Remembrance”, the most important distinction of the Auschwitz Memorial.