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MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU FORMER GERMAN NAZI
CONCENTRATION AND EXTERMINATION CAMP

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"Sinti and Roma. Exclusion - Extermination - Memory”. Summary of the MCEAH and WCIES methodology conference.

27-08-2024
Around 100 teachers from various parts of Poland participated in a three-day methodology conference. The conference was jointly organised by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust (ICEAH) and the Warsaw Centre for Educational and Social Innovation (WCIES) and Training.

"The Role of the Archive at the Memorial Site" - webinar, 11 September 2024

23-08-2024
The International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust invites you to participate in the educational session "The Role of the Archive at the Memorial Site," dedicated to the collection, storage, accessibility, and preservation of archival materials related to the history of the German Nazi camp Auschwitz. The session will be held online via the Zoom platform on 11 September 2024, and will be simultaneously translated into English.

International Summer Academy – for the first time at the Memorial Site and online

19-08-2024
Due to enormous interest, for the first time in the history of the International Summer Academy organized by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust, the program was held in two formats – onsite and online.

Call for Participants: Seminar for Journalists 2024 | 7-10 October

08-08-2024
"History, Memory and Responsibility" is the title of the English-language seminar for journalists at the Auschwitz Memorial. It will take place on 7-10 October 2024 (Oct 7 & 10 are the arrival and departure days).

The Volunteer Academy 2024. Call for Participants.

05-08-2024
The Volunteer Academy is a project of the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust at the Auschwitz Museum, aimed at individuals interested in the history of the Auschwitz camp and volunteering in the Archive. This year's Academy will take place between 28 September – 5 October at the Auschwitz Museum. All sessions and meetings will be conducted in English.

Sinti and Roma Genocide Remembrance Day. 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the Roma camp at Auschwitz.

02-08-2024
80 years ago, some 4,300 children, women, and men - the last Roma prisoners in section BIIe - were murdered in the gas chambers of the German Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp. The so-called Zigeunerfamilienlager ("Gypsy family camp") was liquidated on the night of 2 - 3 August 1944.