Preparation to a visit in Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial

Preparation to a visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum 2021

This course will help you prepare yourself to a visit at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial

You will learn about rules to follow during the visit at the Auschwitz Memorial.

You will learn basic facts about the Auschwitz camp.

You will hear a testimony of an Auschwitz survivior Marian Turski.

You will learn about places you will visit.

Dedicate about 30-35 minutes for self-study.

What for?

Learning about the history of Auschwitz will allow you to reflect on what ideologies of hatred towards others and depriving them of their fundamental rights can lead to. After all, we are all equal. Hatred does not come from nowhere. It starts with seemingly "small" actions: prejudice or stereotype. The history of Auschwitz is a warning for you and call to moral responsibility.

Listen to a first part of a testimony of an Auschwitz survivor Marian Turski, which he presented during the commemoration event of the 75th anniversary of the liberation.

What was the Auschwitz camp?

The video explains where the Auschwitz camp was established during World War II.

KL (Konzentrationslager) Auschwitz

The largest German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp.

Remember:

Auschwitz II-Birkenau

Auschwitz I

The camp functioned between 1940 and 1945.It was intensively expanded and finally consisted of three main parts: Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II-Birkenau and Auschwitz III-Monowitz as well as fifty sub-camps.

Auschwitz III-Monowitz

Remember:

At least 1,100,000 people were killed in Auschwitz, among them almost one million were Jews, 70-75,000 Poles, 21,000 Roma, 14,000 Soviet POWs, and 10-15,000 of the remaining victims belonged to other nationalities.

Learn about the most important events in the history of Auschwitz1940-1945

March-July1942

14 June1940

3 September1941

11 November1941

1940

March1942

October1942

October1941

6 July1940

March-June 1943

12-13 August1944

10-12 July1944

December 1942

January1945

1945

2 August1944

From May 1944

7 October1944

27 January1945

February 1943

What are you going to see in the Auschwitz--Birkenau Memorial?

The meaning of the visit in Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial

Remember

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Auschwitz is a special place because it commemorates the suffering and death of many people. Pay your respects and behave appropriately.

Listen carefully to your educator.

Switch off your phone.

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Take pictures in the way that does not disturb other visitors.

Don't be afraid to ask questions if you want to know more or don't understand something.

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Remain calm and quiet.

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There will be time to eat after the tour.

If you notice something disturbing, let your guide know about it.

Listen to the second part of Marian Turski's message delivered during the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

Now you know why the history of Auschwitz still matters today... For humanity and for the whole world... See you at the Memorial. Do not be indifferent.

More about the historyof Auschwitz

Lesson preparing to a visit in Auschwitz Memorial

On-line lessons

Podcasts

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Traducción: Małgorzata Burek