Calendar of events

"History, Memory and Responsibility" is the title of the English-language seminar for journalists at the Auschwitz Memorial. It will take place on 27-30 October 2024 (Oct 27 & 30 are the arrival and departure days; tours on 30 October are optional).

On 2 September, a new permanent exhibition dedicated to the fate of Poles in the German Nazi camp Auschwitz was opened in Block 15 on the grounds of the former Auschwitz I camp. It consists of two parts: “Poles in KL Auschwitz” and “In the Shadow of Death – Oświęcim during the German Occupation 1939–1945.”

'Memoria' is an online magazine dedicated to the history of Auschwitz, the Holocaust as well as memory and education around the world.

Father Maximilian Maria Kolbe, a Franciscan friar, was killed in the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz 82 years ago on August 14, 1941. The anniversary of this event was commemorated at the Memorial. In front of Block 11, which housed the camp prison and in which the friar was murdered, a solemn Holy Mass was celebrated.

Visitors to the Auschwitz Memorial and Museum can again enter the building of the so-called central sauna, located on the grounds of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau.