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Bowing Our Heads over the Remains of the Victims of Auschwitz
"Safeguarding the memory of the victims of the Auschwitz camp is one of the major tasks before us. We should all learn the history of this place and convey the knowledge we acquire to the succeeding generations. No one can ever fully recompense the victims for their agony and suffering. All we can do is to safeguard the memory of them, a memory that constitutes the basis for the posthumous restoration of their personhood, a memory that acts on our emotions and reason and that compels us to draw the appropriate conclusions.
"In opening to visitors the two new permanent exhibitions, 'Czech Prisoners in Auschwitz Concentration Camp' and 'The Tragedy of the Jews of Slovakia,' we are taking another important step towards more profound familiarity with the history of Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Bowing my head over the remains of the victims of Auschwitz, together with our friends—the members of the staff of the Museums in Terezin and Banka Bystryca who are the authors of these exhibitions—I have the honor of greeting as heartily as words can express the guests at today's ceremony…"
Museum Director Jerzy Wróblewski began the opening ceremony for the new exhibitions with these words. The invited guests, including former prisoners, Czech Republic Prime Minister Milos Zeman, and the Vice-Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, spoke next. The Polish government was represented by Minister Tadeusz Iwiński, Secretary of State in the Chancery of the Prime Minister of the Polish Republic. The exhibitions are located in Block no. 16 at the site of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
