This project calls for the conservation of five wooden barracks at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau site. Two of them were hospital barracks, two were housing in the quarantine sector, and the fifth was a sanitary barracks containing latrines and washrooms. The plans cover the comprehensive conservation of the wooden structures and their furnishings. At a moment when the last former prisoners are passing away, preserving the authenticity of the Auschwitz site has become the highest priority. For the world today, this original space is not only unique, material evidence of Nazi German crimes, but also a symbol of the brutality of war, terror, the Shoah, and genocidal, racist policies. The entire area is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. This project is financed with funding from the Infrastructure and Environment Operating Program for 2007-2013 financed by the European Fund for Regional Development, budgetary appropriations from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and the resources of the Museum.<more> More information about the project: Ewelina Płachta tel. +48 (33) 844 81 37
www.pis.gov.pl

	This is one of the priority conservation projects at the Memorial. Two unusually valuable brick prisoner blocks, which have not been altered significantly since the time when the camp was in operation, have been chosen from among the many objects at the Auschwitz I site. The plan includes the comprehensive conservation of all the extant original components and furnishings in the buildings. In the future, these blocks will contain the new main Museum exhibition. At a moment when the last former prisoners are passing away, preserving the authenticity of the Auschwitz site has become the highest priority. For the world today, this original space is not only unique, material evidence of Nazi German crimes, but also a symbol of the brutality of war, terror, the Shoah, and genocidal, racist policies. The entire area is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. This project is financed with funding from the Infrastructure and Environment Operating Program for 2007-2013 financed by the European Fund for Regional Development, budgetary appropriations from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and the resources of the Museum. <more> More information about the project: Ewelina Płachta tel. +48 (33) 844 81 37
www.pis.gov.pl

The project co-financed from European Commission grant in scope of the programme „Europe for Citizens”

On 12 December 2011, an agreement was signed for financing between the European Commission and the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in the form of a direct grant in the amount of four million euros for the period from 2012 to 2015. Funding from the European Commission will take place within the framework of the Programme: Europe for Citizens, Action 4 Active European Remembrance and will amount to 95% of the project with the Museum contributing the remaining 5%. Grant Application Form of the project was accepted in October 2011 under the name "Auschwitz - Preserving Authenticity - nine tasks for the years 2012 - 2015", under which the following tasks are scheduled More information about the project: Katarzyna Oboza-Ziarko Alicja Janik Lucyna Siwek tel. +48 (33) 844 81 19