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On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Memorial at the site of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz, on July 1, the Museum hosted an expert debate “The role of museums and memorials in a changing world”.

The violations of medical ethics during the Second World War, with special focus on the behavior of physicians and other medical professionals in Nazi medical institutions and concentration camps, will be the topic of the 4th international conference "Medical Review – Auschwitz: Medicine Behind the Barbed Wire". It will take place in Cracow on 19-21 September 2022.

„75 Years of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial” is the title of the album published for the anniversary of the creation of the Museum at the site of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz. The English-Polish publication can be downloaded in PDF format.

On 1 July we wish to invite to the online streaming of the expert conference "The Role of Museums and Memorials in the Changing World" organised on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Memorial on the site of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz.

"Sport and Sportspeople in KL Auschwitz" is a new travelling exhibition that can be loaned free of charge from the Auschwitz Memorial. The exhibition, which consists of 25 panels, tells the story of sport in the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz and of the fate of sportsmen deported to the camp.

"We only knew, that the mankind cannot forget... - the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum over the last 75 years" is the title of an educational session of the Memorial that will be held on 5 July on the occasion of the anniversary of the creation of the Museum in 1947. The online streaming with English translation will be available.