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Museum
The post-camp relics are protected by the Museum created in 1947. The Memorial today is i.a. the Archive and Collections as well as research, conservation and publishing center.
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History
KL Auschwitz was the largest of the German Nazi concentration camps and extermination centers. Over 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives here.
- Home Page - History
- Before the extermination
- Auschwitz I
- Auschwitz II
- Auschwitz III
- Auschwitz sub-camps
- Auschwitz and Shoah
- Categories of prisoners
- Fate of children
- Prisoner classification
- Life in the camp
- Punishments and executions
- Camp hospitals
- Medical experiments
- Resistance
- Informing the world
- Evacuation
- Liberation
- The number of victims
- The SS garrison
- Holocaust denial
- Auschwitz Calendar
- Photo gallery
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Visiting
The authentic Memorial consists of two parts of the former camp: Auschwitz and Birkenau. A visit with an educator allows better understanding of this unique place.
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Education
There is no way to understand postwar Europe and the world without an in-depth confrontation between our idea of mankind and the remains of Auschwitz.

76th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz online - announcement
On 27 January 2021 we will commemorate the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp The commemoration will be held online. The main theme will be the fate of children in Auschwitz.

Grand Prix of the European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award for „Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away” exhibition
The exhibition prepared jointly by the Spanish company Musealia and the Auschwitz Memorial has received the Grand Prix of the European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award. It is the most prestigious European award in the heritage field.

80th Anniversary of the First Transport of Poles to Auschwitz
14 June - National Remembrance Day of the Victims of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camps

The Auschwitz Museum acquires the second part of the archive concerning the Ładoś Group
The Memorial acquired original documents of the second part of the so-called Eiss Archive. Among them are dozen photos of Jews, including famous figures that the group led by Polish Ambassador in Bern Aleksander Ładoś attempted to provide with Latin American documents.

Chancellor of Germany and Prime Minister of Poland at the Memorial for 10th anniversary of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation
The fact that German support for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation celebrating the 10th anniversary of its creation doubled from 60 to 120 million euros was announced at the Auschwitz Memorial by Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany.

The Auschwitz Memorial in Virtual Panoramic Images
The virtual tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial includes over 200 high-quality panoramic photographs. The images present the site of the former camp, historical descriptions, witness accounts, archival documents and photographs, artworks and objects related to the history of the camp.
DUE TO THE DECISION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO CLOSE ALL MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN POLAND BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC THE AUSCHWITZ MEMORIAL IS CLOSED FOR VISITORS UNTIL JANUARY 31, 2021.
WE RECOMMEND OUR VIRTUAL VISIT
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