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Soviet Prisoners of War — Educational Session
On 20 March 2010, the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim organized an educational session entitled “Soviet Prisoners of War in Auschwitz”. During the session lectures were presented by: Professor Wacław Długoborski, who spoke about the rights of and crimes against prisoners of war in the Third Reich, as well as by Dr. Jacek Lachendro about the fate of Soviet POWs in Auschwitz. Session participants also visited the Russian exhibition devoted to the liberation of the camp. The exhibition was prepared by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow. The ceremonial opening took place on 27 January 2010.
