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Call for participants: International Summer Academy 2024

08-03-2024
The International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust calls for participants to the 11th International Summer Academy in English, which will take place between 3-9 August 2024.

Volunteers from the Brynek Forestry Technical School help protect the Museum's green spaces

07-03-2024
Clearing trees and bushes that had encroached upon drainage ditches at the Auschwitz site was the primary scope of voluntary work undertaken by students from the Stanisław Morawski Forestry Technical Secondary School in Brynek.

Memoria Magazine no. 77

29-02-2024
'Memoria' is an online magazine dedicated to the history of Auschwitz, the Holocaust as well as memory and education around the world.

"A piece of the world surrounded by barbed wire..." The fate of Polish citizens in KL Auschwitz - a new temporary exhibition

29-02-2024
The words of Auschwitz Survivor Tadeusz Borowski, "A piece of the world surrounded by barbed wire......" is the motto of the new temporary exhibition presented in Block 21 at the former Auschwitz I site. It is devoted to the fate of Polish citizens deported to the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz.

The fate of the Sinti and Roma in KL Auschwitz - free study visits for young people

27-02-2024
To commemorate the 81st anniversary of the establishment of the "Zigeunerlager" family camp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau, the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust has organised a series of free study visits dedicated to the history of Roma and Sinti in the German Nazi camp.

"The film would not have been possible without the Museum's cooperation.” Polish premiere of “The Zone of Interest".

20-02-2024
On 15 February, the Polish premiere of the film 'Zone of Interest,' directed and written by Jonathan Glazer, was held at the Auschwitz Museum. The film, depicting the family life of Auschwitz camp commandant Rudolf Höss, was awarded the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival last year. It also received five Oscar nominations.