Auschwitz-Birkenau

27th March of the Living with the participation of the Presidents of Poland and Israel

On 12 April, the 27th March of the Living was held on the site of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz. The March was led by the Presidents of Poland and Israel - Andrzej Duda and Reuven Rivlin. more

Gold Medal at the New York Film Festivals and TV Awards for the film “Escapes through wires - underground shelter”

"Underground shelter”, the first of documentary films produced as part of the series "Escapes through wires” received a gold medal in the category “Docudrama” at the prestigious international competition New York Film Festivals and TV Awards 2018. more

73rd Anniversary of the Liberation of the German Nazi Auschwitz camp

On 27 January 2018 more than 60 survivors met at the site of the Memorial to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. more

There were no “Polish death camps”. There is a simple tool, to prevent this mistake from recurring

A special application “Remember” is to help avoid the use of the term “Polish concentration camps” or “Polish death camps” in 16 languages. more

New international travelling exhibition on the history of Auschwitz opened in Madrid

Almost 73 years after the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz, its history and meaning is told in a new monographic travelling exhibition "Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away". It's the largest exhibition of that kind dedicated to the topic more

18 paintings by former Sonderkommando prisoner David Olère enriched the Collections of the Auschwitz Memorial

The Collections of the Auschwitz Memorial have been enriched with 18 paintings by David Olère, a French Jew of Polish descent, a member of the Sonnderkomando in German Auschwitz camp, who portrayed in his post-war works, the tragedy of people murdered in the gas chambers. more

MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM

AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU

FORMER GERMAN NAZI
CONCENTRATION AND EXTERMINATION CAMP