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“The Fate of women in Auschwitz” — Educational Seminar
On May 30, 2009, the Polish Association for the Maintenance of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Site and the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust at the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau organized a seminar entitled, “The fate of women in Auschwitz”.
The meeting started with an introductory lecture by Jadwiga Dąbrowska entitled, “Women in Auschwitz”. Next, participants listened to Agnieszka Kłos’ lecture entitled, “Women – prisoners in camp orchestra”. During the seminar a meeting with witnesses to history also took place.
Those who took part in the seminar were teachers, tour guides, alumni of the post-graduate program and seminars conducted by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust, as well as all those interested in this particular subject.