Auschwitz-Birkenau

Directors of Auschwitz Memorial and Yad Vashem discussed future of Holocaust education

The climax of the 10th International Conference on Holocaust Education was the discussion between Avner Shalev, chairperson of the Yad Vashem Directorate and Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński, director of Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum regarding the future of education about the Holocaust. more

National Day of Remembrance of the Victims of German Nazi Concentration Camps and Extermination Camps

On 14 June 2018 the commemoration event of the 78th anniversary of the first deportation of Poles to KL Auschwitz were held. more

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

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

MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM

AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU

FORMER GERMAN NAZI
CONCENTRATION AND EXTERMINATION CAMP