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Prof. Nora Fischbach appointed Honorary Consul of the Auschwitz Memorial in Venezuela

16-06-2026
Prof. Nora Fischbach has been appointed Honorary Consul of the Auschwitz Memorial in Venezuela. She will support activities undertaken in the country as part of the Diplomacy of Remembrance of the Auschwitz Memorial.

86th anniversary of the deportation of the first Poles to KL Auschwitz - National Day of Remembrance

14-06-2026
June 14, 1940, is recognized as the date marking the beginning of the operation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz.

Traces of post-war memory at the Auschwitz Memorial

13-06-2026
At the entrance to the historic grounds of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz I, visitors can see the first conserved postwar memory markers which until now had been located on authentic post-camp buildings or within the historic space of the former camp.

International fundraising campaign for the acquisition and preservation of historical documents

08-06-2026
The Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation has launched the international fundraising campaign “Camp Mail – Purchase of Documents,” aimed at acquiring and preserving original documents related to German Nazi concentration and extermination camps.

Webinar: ‘The Elimination of “Life Unworthy of Life”’ - 17 June 2026

05-06-2026
The International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust invites you to a webinar on 17 June entitled ‘The Elimination of “Life Unworthy of Life” – the Euthanasia Program in Nazi Germany and Its Links to KL Auschwitz’. The webinar will take place on Zoom and will be simultaneously interpreted into English and Polish.

Memoria Magazine no. 104

31-05-2026
'Memoria' is an online magazine dedicated to the history of Auschwitz, the Holocaust as well as memory and education around the world.