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New English language edition of Oś — the Auschwitz Memorial magazine
Two Presidents of the European Parliament, the incumbent Jerzy Buzek and his predecessor Hans-Gert Poettering, were in Oświęcim in September. Oś reports on their visit to the Auschwitz site and interviews Professor Buzek on the international significance of the Museum, which has already had more than a million visitors from all over the world this year. Even more significantly, we publish extensive excerpts from the exceptionally interesting debate held at the International Youth Meeting Center on “Europe Lost, Europe Reborn,” where Buzek and Poettering were joined by Christoph Heubner and Marian Turski.
The issue also includes articles on the Open House that marked Jewish Culture Day at the Jewish Center. There is a photo essay on this event on the last page. We also cover the international “People and Religion” Congress for Peace. Participants visited the Auschwitz Memorial. You can read the Petition that young people handed to the representatives of the world’s religions on the pages of Oś.
We write about the performance of the Oświęcim Oratorio and a project connected with this composition by Janusz Kohut, a seminar at the IYMC on nursing in the Third Reich period, and the exceptional snuff-box made by Auschwitz prisoner Bronisław Czech, which literally saved someone’s life. We also recommend a report by Maciej Zabierowski of the Jewish Center about his educational trip to America.
