Preparation to a visit in Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial

Preparation to a visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum 2021

Dedicate about 30-35 minutes for self-study.

You will learn about places you will visit.

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

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

You will learn basic facts about the Auschwitz camp.

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

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.

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

What was the Auschwitz camp?

KL (Konzentrationslager) Auschwitz

The largest German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp.

Remember:

Auschwitz III-Monowitz

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.

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.

October1942

6 July1940

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

March-July1942

March1942

11 November1941

October1941

3 September1941

14 June1940

1940

27 January1945

February 1943

7 October1944

10-12 July1944

March-June 1943

December 1942

From May 1944

January1945

12-13 August1944

2 August1944

1945

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

The meaning of the visit in Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial

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

Switch off your phone.

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#6

There will be time to eat after the tour.

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

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#2

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

#4

#1

Remember

Listen carefully to your educator.

#3

Remain calm and quiet.

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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 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.

Lesson preparing to a visit in Auschwitz Memorial

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Traducción: Małgorzata Burek

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