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Educational session for the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Auschwitz Memorial, 5 July 2022 - registration
"We only knew, that the humanity must not forget... - the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum over the last 75 years" is the title of an educational session of the Auschwitz Memorial that will be held on 5 July on the occasion of the anniversary of the creation of the Museum in 1947. The online streaming with English translation will be available.
The session will start on 5 July 2022 at 16.00 CEST (UTC+2)
Program:
16.00-16.05 | Inauguration of the session
Andrzej Kacorzyk - Director of the International Center for Education about Auschwitz the Holocaust
16.05 -16.50 | Lecture: From the Liberation of Auschwitz Concentration Camp to the Creation of the Museum
Dr. Jacek Lachendro, Auschwitz Museum Research Center
16.50 - 17.50 | Panel discussion: Memory, awareness, responsibility
Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński - Director of the Auschwitz Museum
Krystyna Oleksy - Museum Deputy Director for Education in the years 1990-2012
Andrzej Kacorzyk - Director of the ICEAH
Moderation: Bartosz Bartyzel, Museum Spokesman
18.00 - 18.30 | If Not For Those Ten... - award ceremony for Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum volunteers
Participation in the online conference is free. Please use in the online registration form by July 3 to receive the zoom link to the online streaming.
Our online lesson "Auschwitz Museum in the first years of its operation" tells the story of the period 1945-1955, from the first works on establishing the Museum, through the beginning of organising the visits at the Museum which had 100 thousand visitors in 1946 before the official opening, creation of the first exhibition, Stalinist period when Museum was used for propaganda till 1955 when the authorities gave up imbuing its content with extreme political messages, and former prisoners of Auschwitz again could be a major inspiration for its shape.