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The exhitibion "Auschwitz, Memory, World" was prepared for the 65th anniversary of creation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. It consists of 28 large photographs from the Museum Archives of personalities from the world of politics and religion who paid homage to the victims of the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz.
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German Plans for Expanding Auschwitz |
The first part of the exhibition focuses on plans from 1943 for developing the Auschwitz I camp and the entire infrastructure surrounding it. The second part of the exhibition highlights German plans for the city of Oświęcim. The documents presented at the exhibition come from the Archives of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and the Oświęcim branch of the State Archives in Katowice. |
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In more than 60 years of its existence, the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum has gathered—and provided protection for—thousands of camp relics, both historical items and art works. An essential part of this collection was gathered thanks to the generosity of numerous donors. A very special place among them belongs to the survivors—initiators and founders of the Auschwitz Memorial. They donated various historical items and documents as well as art works made both in the camp and after the war. |
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