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Online education session "Evacuation of KL Auschwitz" - 30 November 2023

International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust invites you to participate in the online educational session "Evacuation of KL Auschwitz," which will take place on 30 November on the Zoom platform. It will be simultaneously translated into English.

Program (CET, GMT+1):

4:00 PM | Session Opening

4:05 PM - 4:50 PM | The final months of Auschwitz camp operation and the evacuation of prisoners ("death march") – lecture by Teresa Wontor-Cichy, Auschwitz Museum

4:50 PM - 5:35 PM | Escapes of prisoners from Auschwitz during the "death march" to Wodzisław Śląski. Examples – lecture by Dr. Jacek Lachendro, Auschwitz Museum

5:45 PM - 6:30 PM | Memories of Survivors about the "death marcher". Fragments of archive recordings.

Participation in the session is free. Please register online by 28 November 2023. After this date, you will receive an e-mail with a link to participate in the meeting.

In mid-January 1945, due to the Soviet army breaking through the front lines and approaching Krakow, Auschwitz authorities began evacuating prisoners to concentration camps in the depths of the Third Reich. Between 17-21 January 1945, SS men led around 56,000 prisoners out of the camp and its sub-camps, forcing them to cover dozens of kilometers in difficult winter conditions.

The main marching routes led to Wodzisław Śląski and Gliwice, from where the prisoners were further transported by trains. During the march, shots were fired at prisoners who had weakened and could not walk, as well as those who attempted to escape. It is estimated that between 9,000 and 15,000 prisoners of the German Nazi Auschwitz camp died during the entire evacuation.

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