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12th Session of the International Committee of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation

19-10-2022
The 12th session of the International Committee of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation took place on 18 October at the Auschwitz Memorial, attended by representatives of the donor countries supporting the Foundation's Perpetual Fund. Some committee members were present online.

Unique collection of recipes and testimonies from Auschwitz Surviviors

14-10-2022
The New York-based Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation (ABMF) released a unique collection of recipes and testimonies entitled “Honey Cake and Latkes: Recipes from the Old World by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Survivors.”

Winner of AJCF Award for Fighting Hatred Arnold Schwarzenegger at Auschwitz Memorial

30-09-2022
American actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, winner of a special anti-hate award from the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation, visited the Auschwitz Memorial and Museum on 28 September.

Memory 4.0 - an online educational tool for international youth groups

27-09-2022
Memory 4.0 is a set of lesson scenarios and online learning materials prepared in English by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust. It is dedicated to the fate and persecution of the various groups deported to the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz.

The first university faculty created in partnership with the Auschwitz Memorial opened in Burgos, Spain

23-09-2022
The founding act of the Faculty of Human Rights and Democratic Culture created by the National Institute of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Spain was signed at the University of Burgos on 22 September. It is the world's first university faculty to be co-created in partnership with the Auschwitz Memorial.

International help and campaign for the conservation of 8,000 shoes of child victims of Auschwitz

22-09-2022
The Auschwitz Museum, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation and the International March of the Living have signed a declaration to finance the conservation of some 8,000 children's shoes in the Memorial Collections, a moving symbol of the suffering of the youngest victims of the German Nazi camp.