Auschwitz Memorial Museum

Chilling never before seen photos show first transport of Poles to Auschwitz

The significant collection offers a glimpse into the events that unfolded 83 years ago on June 14, 1940, when the Germans sent a group of 728 Poles from a prison in Tarnow to Auschwitz. Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum

The significant collection offers a glimpse into the events that unfolded 83 years ago on June 14, 1940, when the Germans sent a group of 728 Poles from a prison in Tarnow to Auschwitz.

Preserving memory: project launched to save shoes belonging to victims of Auschwitz

The project will see 8,000 shoes – most of which belonged to children – undergo a state-of-the-art conservation process aimed at slowing down their decay.

Show some respect! Woman sparks outrage after posing outside Auschwitz ‘gate of death’

As the world pays tribute to those who died in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the Auschwitz Museum has hit out against 'Holocaust tourists' who take inappropriate photos at the site of the former Nazi-German extermination camp.

Holocaust survivors publish cookbook of recipes that helped them endure horrors of Auschwitz

Entitled Honey Cakes and Latkes: Recipes from the Old World, the cookbook is not about what prisoners were forced to eat in the camp but rather an affirmation of life, before and after the camp, told through the unifying medium of food recipes.

Auschwitz museum launches fascinating photo album to coincide with 75th anniversary

Opened on the initiative of former prisoners on 2 July, 1947, the history of the museum has now been documented in the new album divided into six sections and entitled  '75 years of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial'.

Wish you were here? Google Street View reveals top virtually visited places in Poland

As part of a global ranking of most visited locations, the software giant released the data to coincide with its launch 15 years ago.

Identity of Jewish girl murdered in Auschwitz found hidden inside shoe

Staff at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum were carrying out preservation work on the thousands of relics in its collection when they came across the extraordinary discovery.

Ukrainian president can give speech from Auschwitz Museum

The Auschwitz Museum has announced that it is ready to allow Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, to deliver an address from the Memorial Site.

Auschwitz Museum calls on UNESCO to move session from Russia

The Auschwitz Museum has appealed to UNESCO not to hold the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee in Kazan, the Russian Federation, in late June 2022.

Auschwitz Museum to offer scholarships to conservators from Ukraine

The Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation and the Auschwitz Museum will offer a scholarship programme for Ukrainians with a degree in conservation, the museum announced on Thursday.

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