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Auschwitz Concentration Camp Liberated 58 Years Ago. Schedule of events.
Sunday, January 26, 2003
4:30 p.m.
Arbeit Macht Frei Gate – State Museum, Oświecim (Auschwitz Main Camp site)
Young People's Vigil
light – music – spoken word
In memory of those who remain forever beneath the heavens at Oświęcim.
Eyewitnesses Share Memories of History:
- Kazimierz Albin, camp no. 118
- Jerzy Bielecki, camp no. 243
- Tadeusz Chruścicki, camp no. 16655
- Józef Szajna, camp no. 18743
(The host of this meeting is August Kowalczyk, camp no. 6804, Honorary Citizen of the City of Oświęcim)
Monday, January 27, 2003
10:15 a.m.
International Monument to the Victims of the Camp – State Museum, Brzezinka (Birkenau site)
A DAY OF PARTICULAR COMMEMORATION
Homage to the victims by:
- former prisoners
- Righteous among the Nations
- official guests
- Oświęcim residents
12:00 noon
Plac im. Tadeusza Kościuszki (Kościuszko Square, city of Oświęcim)
Commemoration of the 58th anniversary of the liberation of the city of Oświęcim
ADDITIONAL EVENTS:
January 26, 2003
6:00 p.m.
Film screening room, State Museum, Oświecim (Auschwitz Main Camp site):
- Launch of the album Forgetting Them Would Be Unthinkalble: The Youngest Victims of Auschwitz
January 27, 2003
9:00 p.m.
Divine Mercy Church:
- Mass in memory of the victims of the camp
Organizing Committee for the Observances:
Towarzystwo Opieki nad Oświęcimiem (Auschwitz Preservation Society)
Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau (Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum)
Urząd Miasta Oświęcim (City of Oświęcim Local Government)
