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“Konzentrationslager Auschwitz” exhibition in Italy

02-04-2013

The exhibition “German Nazi Death Camp Konzentrationslager Auschwitz” was opened in Italy in the city of Latina.

The historical exhibition prepared by the Museum presents all the most important issues on the history of Auschwitz, as well as the genesis of the Nazi movement and the specific elements of the German system of terror introduced in occupied Poland.

The ceremonial opening was attended by the director of the ICEAH, Andrzej Kacorzyk. “The Auschwitz Museum was established after the war in 1947. Since then, it mission is defined by two keywords. The first are the words contained in the Act of the Sejm: “Preserve for all time”. The second words are “Never again,” he said. “Never again” is also the message of the each ceremony commemorating the victims. “Never again” is with us today during this ceremony. The exhibition recalls Auschwitz. Through this, however, it also warns against deceptive and false ideas,” added Kacorzyk.

Everything has been constructed chronologically-thematically based on the source and ;iconographic materials of Auschwitz Museum. These are: photographs, documents, illegal pictures created by prison artists, as well as post-war works carried out by surviving witnesses illustrating the facts of everyday life in the camp.

The exhibition can be viewed in Italy until the end of May.

A movable exhibition poster “German Nazi Death Camp Konzentrationslager Auschwitz”

Titles of individual exhibition panels:

The genesis and goal of German aggression
German policy of occupation
Establishment of KL Auschwitz
The origins of the camp - the first prisoners
Auschwitz – the instrument of terror against the Polish population
Development of the camp
KL Auschwitz: concentration camps and centre of mass extermination of Jews;
Introduction to the Holocaust - the German policy towards the Jews from 1933-1941
The final solution of the Jewish question - Holocaust
Deportation of Jews to KL Auschwitz
Instruments of mass extermination
Course of extermination
Plunder
Registration of prisoners
Conditions of existence within the camp
Famine
Slave labour
Terror
Penalty system
Executions
Medical experiments
Women’s camp
The Holocaust of the Roma (Gypsies)
Soviet prisoners of war
The fate of children and the young
Resistance movement in KL Auschwitz
Escapes and rebellions
The disclosure of crimes
Help from the inhabitants of Oświęcim
Evacuation — march of death and liberation
Auschwitz — Memorial Site

The exhibition consists of 30 posters printed on fabric in the format 70 x 180 cm.

The author of the script is Mirosław Obstarczyk, and the creator of the graphic design is Piotr Kutryba.

The exhibition...