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

Professor Jürgen Rüttgers has been awarded the “Light of Remembrance,” the highest distinction of the Auschwitz Memorial. The award was presented to him on 29 April in Düsseldorf by the Director of the Auschwitz Museum, Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński. A particularly important aspect of the laureate’s public activity has been his commitment to preserving the authenticity of the Auschwitz Memorial.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will bring the internationally acclaimed exhibition “Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.” to Washington, D.C. for the first time, presenting original artifacts from the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum and over 20 collections from around the world that have rarely been seen in the United States. For the first time on its tour, the exhibition will be free to the public.

The Memorial has expanded its Collections with an exceptional document by Auschwitz survivor Alfred Kantor, who was deported to the camp from the Theresienstadt ghetto in late 1943. "The diary of Alfred Kantor" includes his drawings and notes, made both during his imprisonment and in the postwar period, constitute a remarkable visual testimony of the Holocaust and the experience of prisoners.

European parliamentarians took part on 15 April in a special online visit to the Auschwitz Memorial using the platform “Auschwitz. In Front of Your Eyes.” The event in Brussels was organized jointly with the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation as part of the observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah.

On 14 April 2026, the 33rd March of the Living took place at the site of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz. Leading the march was a group of around 40 survivors of Auschwitz and the Holocaust. Among them was 98-year-old Nate (Nathan) Leipciger, who took part in the march for the 22nd time.