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The first of three parts of the Museum’s new main exhibition will be opened to visitors on 12 December. The exhibition “Auschwitz – Experiences of Camp Prisoners” in Blocks 8 and 9 presents the fates and experiences of those registered in the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz.

“Music, Memory, Violence in Auschwitz-Birkenau” was the title of a conference held at the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust on 26-28 November 2025. The project was organized by the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, and the Research Institute for Music Theatre Studies (fimt) of the Bayreuth University in cooperation with Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum.

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Starting from October 9, the Auschwitz Museum hosts an exhibition of the Prussian Blue painting series by the artist Yishai Jusidman. This is the first large-scale contemporary art exhibition at the Museum. Nearly 50 works, which have not yet been displayed in Europe, are displayed in the rooms of Block 21 at the former Auschwitz I camp.

Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński, Director of the Auschwitz Memorial, has been awarded the National Order of the Legion of Honour in the rank of Officer. The Legion of Honour is the highest state distinction of the French Republic. The ceremony took place on 20 November at the Residence of the Ambassador of France in Warsaw.

On 18 and 19 November, the 42nd Session of the International Auschwitz Council, chaired by Prof. Dariusz Stola, was held at the Auschwitz Memorial. Council members were able to view the nearly completed first of three parts of the New Main Exhibition, which will soon be made available to Museum visitors.