Auschwitz

Online lessons present history of Auschwitz and horrifying fate of Poles who ended up there

The thirteen lessons from the Auschwitz Museum describe the fate of the 150,000 Poles in detail using text, photographs, prisoners records, mug shots, transport lists, site plans, quotes, prisoner art work and charts. A-BSMA

The 13 lessons from the Auschwitz Museum are presented in both English and Polish and describe the fate of the 150,000 Poles in detail using text, photographs, prisoners records, mug shots, transport lists, site plans, quotes, prisoner art work and charts.

EP committees to address German court ruling on 'Polish death camps'

The European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs and Committee on Culture will deal with the issue of the failure of the German ZDF television to execute the judgment of the Polish court regarding an apology for using the term "Polish extermination camps."

President commemorates first transport of Polish prisoners to Auschwitz

President Andrzej Duda commemorated the 80th anniversary of the first transport of Polish prisoners to the Auschwitz Nazi-German death camp, in south-eastern Poland, during a visit to Oswiecim (Auschwitz) on Sunday.

Letters from Auschwitz: online exhibition shows letters from one of the first prisoners sent to the infamous Nazi camp

The release of the letters marks the 80th anniversary of the first transport of Polish prisoners to Auschwitz.

Anniversary of first Auschwitz transport of Polish inmates on June 14

Observations marking the 80th anniversary of the first transport of Polish prisoners to the WWII Nazi-German Auschwitz death camp in Oswiecim, southern Poland, will be held on June 14, with holy masses celebrated on the occasion, the Culture Ministry has said.

Secret hoard hidden by Auschwitz prisoners found in chimney during renovation work

The unusual discovery which includes knives, forks, scissors, tools, pieces of leather and parts of shoes was made at the former main camp Auschwitz I during work in block 17, which was used to house prisoners who worked outside the camp.

New book shines light on forgotten Polish Nazi hunter who brought Auschwitz commandant to trial

TFN talks to Filip Gańczak, author of a history of Jan Sehn, the man who prosecuted some of history’s most infamous Nazis.

Roma association publishes guidebook for Auschwitz visitors

The Roma Association in Poland has published the first guidebook for visitors to the former Nazi German Auschwitz death camp. Its goal is to present the history of Roma inmates murdered in the camp.

Show me the Monet! Warsaw’s Royal Castle leads the way in bringing museums out of the cold

The go-ahead to reopen comes 53 days after the castle closed its doors in March and is part of the second stage of what the government is calling ‘defrosting the economy’.

‘We have forgiven but not forgotten’: one of Belarus’s last surviving Auschwitz victims recalls her time in the Nazi’s most infamous camp

After surviving German anti-partisan operations and Majdanek, Aleksandra Barysawa was sent to Auschwitz with her mother.

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