Auschwitz-Birkenau

Over twenty million PLN for the development of the Visitor Service Centre

The significant financial support will help to develop the infrastructure for providing services to visitors to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial. The agreement between the Museum and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation for the transfer of $5.5 million for the project was signed in New York more

Roma and Sinti Genocide Remembrance Day

75 years ago, on the night of the 2nd to the 3rd of August, the German liquidated in the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp so called family camp for the Gypsies (Zigeunerfamilienlager). About 4.3 thousand children, women and men, the last Roma prisoners in the camp, were murdered in the gas chambers a more

“Auschwitz - Never again! – Really?”. Summary of the international educational conference

“Auschwitz – Never again! – Really?” – was the motto of the conference which took place from 1-4 July 2019 at the Auschwitz Memorial. The topics of lectures and discussions concerned education in the context of preventing genocide and crimes against humanity. more

"Through the lens of faith." Exhibition about spirituality in the tragic world of Auschwitz.

The exhibition "Through the Lens of Faith", prepared by the Amud Aish Memorial Museum in New York and designed by Daniel Libeskind, is presented in front of the main entrance to the Auschwitz Museum. more

Our responsibility today is the same as it was ‘not so long ago and not so far away. "Auschwitz" exhibition opened in New York.

The exhibition “Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away” created by the Auschwitz Memorial and the Spanish company Musealia was officially inaugurated in New York at The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. more

The grand anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz next year

The year 2019 will be dedicated to preparations for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp, which will be commemorated on 27 January 2020. A special team organizing this unique event will begin work right after the 74th anniversary. more

MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM

AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU

FORMER GERMAN NAZI
CONCENTRATION AND EXTERMINATION CAMP