Museum - Auschwitz Memorial / Muzeum Auschwitz in Oswiecim

13 December 1943 | A French Jewish boy Leon Herbstman was born in Vichy. On 13 April 1944, he was deported from Drancy to Auschwitz in a group of 1,500 Jews. On 16 April 1944, he was murdered in a gas chamber together with his mom Frida and father Henri. He was 4 months old. ... The Museum is closed to visitors at the moment. You can see the historical space of the former Auschwitz I & Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp in our virtual tour: panorama.auschwitz.org

4 December 1939 | A Jewish girl Magdalena Dora Blau was born in Rotterdam in The Netherlands. On 11 August 1942 she was murdered in a gas chamber at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp. Magdalena was deported to Auschwitz together with her parents: Mina Lisa and Fritz. The mother was murdered in a gas chamber together with her daughter right after the selection. Fritz was registered in the camp and perished there.... The Museum is currently closed to visitors. You can use our virtual tour: panorama.auschwitz.org

On 3 December 1942 SS guards escorted 400 Jewish prisoners of the Sonderkommando from the Birkenau camp to the Auschwitz main camp. The prisoners had been forced to dig up and burn around 107,000 bodies from mass graves in the open air. They group was led to the gas chamber at crematorium I where they were gassed. This way the Germans liquidated the witnesses of burning corpses of the first victims of the gas chambers. See the first gas chamber and crematorium of Auschwitz in our virtual visit: http://panorama.auschwitz.org/tour1,3056,en.html

On 13 December 1942 as part of the program of deportation of Poles from the Zamo region, which was planned for German colonists, the first transport of Poles reached the German Nazi Auschwitz camp from the "Umwandererzentrale" (UWZ) resettlement camp in Zamo with 314 men and 318 women. Men and boys were registered with numbers 82548-82859, 83910 and 83911, and women and girls were registered with numbers 26810-27032, 27034-27038 and 27040-27129. During the transport 14 p...eople managed to escape. Among the women there were a mother and daughter, Katarzyna and Czesawa Kwoka. Katarzyna was a widow. On She was registered in Auschwitz with no. 26946. She died on 18 February 1943. Czesawa was 14 years old. She received the number 26947. She was murdered in the camp with poisonous phenol injection into her heart on 12 March 1943. Learn more about ethnic cleansing of Zamojszczyzna by Nazi Germany: https://en.wikipedia.org//Ethnic_cleansing_of_Zamojszczyzn The Museum is closed to visitors at the moment. You can see the historical space of the former Auschwitz I & Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp in our virtual tour: panorama.auschwitz.org

On 10 December 1942, three transports arrived in Auschwitz camp. In the first one from the Netherlands there were 927 Jews. After the selection 39 men and 3 women were registered and 885 people were killed in the gas chambers. Another transport came from Berlin with 1060 Jews. 137 men and 25 women were registered and 898 people were killed in the gas chambers. The third one arrived from Makinia with around 2,500 Polish Jews. 524 men were registered and about 1,976 people w...ere killed in the gas chambers. One of the people in this transport was Zalmen Lewental who was later selected to the Sonderkommando unit that was forced to operate the gas chambers and crematories. He was one of the member of the resistance unit in Sonderkommando and one of the leaders of the revolt on October 7, 1944. He left a manuscript that was found in the ground near ruins of one of the crematories in October 1962. The Museum is closed to visitors at the moment. You can see the historical space of the former Auschwitz I & Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp in our virtual tour: panorama.auschwitz.org

Between 7-29 November the Auschwitz Memorial will be closed for visitors. We are open online 24/7. Virtual tour: http://panorama.auschwitz.org

9 December 1938 | French Jewish boy Simon Boruchowicz was born in Paris. He arrived at Auschwitz on 19 August 1942 in a transport of 998 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 897 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection. ... The Museum is closed to visitors at the moment. You can see the historical space of the former Auschwitz I & Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp in our virtual tour: panorama.auschwitz.org

In the new edition of Memoria magazine Dr. Wanda Malicka, a historian from the Research Center of the Auschwitz Memorial, analyses the phenomena of Auschwitz and contemporary popular literature. Read the full text here: https://joom.ag/zYxC/p6 A short fragment:... "It can be assumed that contemporary authors, inspired by this particular "fashion" for Auschwitz, decided to fill the gap that arose with the passing away of witnesses to history and the lack of new memoirs of their authorship. The analysis of selected novels created in this trend leads to several observations. First of all, contrary to what the authors try to prove in most examples, these books should be treated only as literary fiction. The multitude of factual errors they contain, simplified interpretations and explanations, as well as factual unreliability make them of little cognitive value. Secondly, the trend has already become visible in literature in other fields of art, namely the pop-culture of Auschwitz. Its characteristic features are the previously mentioned: sexuality, relativisation, gruesomeness, isaurisation and banalisation of the history of Auschwitz. The mediocrity (or even simplicity) at the linguistic and literary level is accompanied by a noticeable lack of consistency and logic of disquisition in some places, as well as editorial negligence and factual unreliability. The symbol of Auschwitz is used instrumentally in this trend as a way to arouse the reader's interest. Some of the authors declare that their aim is to present some element of the history of the camp and commemorate it. Meanwhile, the content of these books, which testifies to little understanding and only fragmentary knowledge, indicates that the facts and preservation of authenticity are of secondary, if not marginal relevance. This literature trivialises and distorts history, and additionally dehumanises and offends the victims, using their suffering exclusively as a set design for kitschy love stories.

Over 700 objects - mainly personal items that belonged to the victims - are the most important element of the new main exhibition opened at the Sobibor Memorial, the site of the former German Nazi death camp. Read about the exhibit in Memoria magazine: https://joom.ag/zYxC/p18 ---... Subscribing Memoria is free and simple. Open the magazine & click the blue "subscribe" button. See more

4 November 1939 | Dutch Jewish girl Anne Marjorie de Vries was born in Amsterdam. In September 1944 she was deported to #Theresienstadt ghetto with her mother Berta and her older sister Marianne Anne. From there they were deported to #Auschwitz on 4 October. They were all murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

8 December 1929 | Polish girl Krystyna Trzeniewska was born in Majdan Królewski. In Auschwitz from 13 December 1942 (deported during pacification of Zamo Region) No. 27129 She perished in the camp on 18 May 1943.... The Museum is closed to visitors at the moment. You can see the historical space of the former Auschwitz I & Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp in our virtual tour: panorama.auschwitz.org

10th Genealogies of Memory Session 1 OFFICIAL OPENING... Jan Rydel, ENRS Magorzata Pakier (ENRS), Magorzata Wosiska Introduction to the conference KEYNOTE Piotr Cywiski (Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum) Remembrance in and for the 21st Century PANEL PRESENTATIONS Sawomir Kapralski (Pedagogical University of Cracow) The Roma and the Holocaust: Memory between Recognition and Redistribution Olof Bortz (EHESS, Paris) Raul Hilberg: A Holocaust Scholar and Agent of Holocaust Memory Kimberly Redding (Carroll University, Waukesha) Local Journalists, Distant Genocides and Global Bystanders Jana Sayantani (University of Southern California, Los Angeles) Mass Violence and Silenced Memory: A Comparative Study of the November Pogrom of 1938 in Berlin and the Great Calcutta Killings in 1946 Chair: Magorzata Pakier (ENRS) Commentary: Ferenc Laczó (Maastricht University)

New edition of Memoria has been published. Our free monthly online magazine is dedicated to the memory, education and the history of Auschwitz and the Holocaust worldwide. Read online or download the PDF here: memoria.auschwitz.org/November2020... Inside: - The Holocaust Museum in Washington DC Published Nuremberg Trials Records Online - Auschwitz in Contemporary Popular Literature. Assessment of the Phenomenon. - Sobibór. New Exhibition at the Memorial and Site of the Crime. - "Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away" Exhibition with the European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award - 10 Years of European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) - Rediscover Project (2018-2018). 8 Countries and 18 Partners. Read, subscribe & share. Read online or download a PDF. Memoria is free & easy to subscribe to. All you need to do is to open the new edition and click the subscribe button to receive the magazine every month We also invite you to send us your article proposals or information about events, projects, publications, exhibitions, conferences, or research that you would like to share with our readers. Our e-mail: memoria[at]auschwitz.org

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The Memorial is currently closed to visitors due to coronavirus. The virtual tour gives a possibility to see the historical site, read testimonies and learn history of the camp. See the virtual tour: http://panorama.auschwitz.org Online you can see some inaccessible or remote areas of the Memorial.... Auschwitz I: Block 10 in Auschwitz I in April 1943 became an experimental station where a German gynecologist Carl Clauberg conducted sterilization experiments on female prisoners. http://panorama.auschwitz.org/tour1,2920,en.html Block 2 is one of very few buildings in Auschwitz I that was almost not changed after the war. It also went through a complete conservation process. The upper floor of the building was built by prisoners of the camp. http://panorama.auschwitz.org/tour1,6774,en.html Auschwitz II-Birkenau: A brick barrack in Auschwitz II-Birkenau is located in the oldest part of the camp that became operational in March 1942. Today it is closed to visitors as it awaits conservation. http://panorama.auschwitz.org/tour2,7117,en.html A clearing in the middle of a forest behind gas chamber and crematorium V. A place of burial of bodies in the initial stage of extermination. Later a site of open-air burning pits that were used for cremation. http://panorama.auschwitz.org/tour2,3649,en.html

The 10th Genealogies of Memory. The first session 'PRACTICAL ETHICS OF HOLOCAUST MEMORY IN THE 21ST CENTURY' will be broadcast on Wednesday, November 4, at 3 pm. Watch the stream here: https://bit.ly/GENE2020_watch... and European Network Remembrance and Solidarity KEYNOTE LECTURE: 'Remembrance in and for the 21st Century'. Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiski, the director of the Auschwitz Memorial

So far there has been no reply to the letter sent by the director of the Auschwitz Museum to the President of Nigeria. The reaction of people from all around the world who wish to help the 13-year-old boy Omar Farouq has been overwhelming. Here is the second letter to President Muhhamadu Buhari that includes a list of over 300 individuals who answered the call of director Piotr Cywiski and declared their will to fight for the release of Omar Farouq.

1 November 1901 | Polish Jew Joachim Astel was born in Przemyl. The last rabbi in Czech Kromíž. In #Auschwitz from 11 June 1942. No. 39253 He perished in the camp on 24 June 1942.

1 November 1944 |Jan Cupia, who was sentenced to death by the Gestapo summary court on 31 October, was executed in Auschwitz. A day before his death he managed to write a secret letter to his wife, Stefania: "Address: Cupia Stefania, Trzebinia, Dancygierstr. No. 6, please kindly deliver this card to this address. Dear Wife and my dearest daughter Krysia. Your beloved father and guardian has been condemned to death on 31 Oct, and will die completely innocent May God be with you. My dearest wife, raise our daughter Krysia, so that the Lord does not forsake you and her. Dear Mom, Brothers and Sisters, take care of my beloved daughter, and wife, and live in harmony with each other. Heaven help you, and pray for my soul. Cupia Jan".

New edition of Memoria is out. Our monthly online magazine is dedicated to the memory, education and the history of Auschwitz and the Holocaust worldwide. Read online or download the PDF here:memoria.auschwitz.org/October2020... Inside: - Wartime Warsaw. A City Divided. 80th Anniversary of Closing Borders of the Warsaw Ghetto. - IHRA Adopts Working Definition of Antigypsism / Anti-Roma Discrimination - KL Plaszow Memorial and Museum Will Be Established in Cracow - Little Shoe and Suitcase. The Story of Amos Steinberg Continues. - Music: Holocaust Survivor Ben Lesser to Release EP Through BMG - Competition in France: Comic Book of Remembrance Read, subscribe & share. Read online or download a PDF. It's free & easy to subscribe to. Open the new edition and click the subscribe button to receive Memoria every month Send us your article proposals or information about events, projects, publications, exhibitions, conferences, or research that you would like to share with our readers. Our e-mail: memoria[at]auschwitz.org

29 October 1909 | Czech Jewish woman Frieda Mahrerová was born in Ostrava. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 December 1943 with her husband Otto and son Tomáš. None of them survived.

On 29 October 1942 the 21-year old nurse Danuta Terlikowska was murdered with cardiac injection of phenol. She was transported to the Auschwitz camp on 25 August 1942 from the Pawiak prison in Warsaw. She received camp no. 18294. Danuta Terlikowska, a member of underground organization, had been arrested in Warsaw while cleaning firearms. She arrived in Auschwitz already with a death sentence. In the official camp death certificate the cause of her death is listed as pneumonia. The picture: camp photograph of Danuta Terlikowska.

On 28 October 1940 during the afternoon roll-call one prisoner was found missing. A penal roll-call was ordered at noon. Prisoners had to stand at attention in their uniforms but without coats, sweaters, hats or shoes. It was sleeting during the whole day. The roll-call was called off around 9 pm after the missing prisoner was found. He had tried to hid from the rain and died in his hiding place in the camp. After the roll-call over 120 dead, unconscious or sick prisoners were collected from the roll-call square.

28 October 1944 | A transport of 1,308 Jewish female prisoners left #Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp. They were transferred to KL Bergen-Belsen. Most probably among them were sisters Anne and Margot Frank.

There has been no reply to the letter sent by the director of the Auschwitz Memorial to the President of Nigeria with the request to pardon a 13-year old Omar Farouq sentenced for 10 years imprisonment for blasphemy. People from all over the world declared their willingness to serve a month's imprisonment instead of the boy. To show that these were not just words, we have began the official registration. Let's show that we exist and that we are ready. Fill in the form to join.... Direct link: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSeo5vZtSfikEuR5aP/viewform

25 October 1878 | Czech Jewish woman Elsa Bondyová was born in Tebenice. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 15 December 1943. She did not survive.