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Hard hit by loss of income due to COVID 19 shutdown, the Auschwitz Museum Memorial issues funding appeal. It won’t reopen fully til early July, with hygiene measures and reduced exhibits. See video.

Arbeit Macht Frei gate, Auschwitz

The Auschwitz Memorial Museum has been closed to the public since March 12 due to Coronavirus shutdown and doesn’t expect to reopen fully to the public before the beginning of July. More than 2.3 million people a year visit Auschwitz, … continue reading →

UPDATE: Activists in Poznan work to erect informational signage at Lake Rusałka — a popular local resort that was built during WW2 by Jewish prisoners and Polish forced laborers

Activists in Poznan, Poland are seeking funds to erect information signage at the artificial Lake Rusałka — a popular local resort that was built during WW2 by Jewish prisoners and Polish forced laborers. As we wrote in November, the city … continue reading →

Italy: Discovering Jewish built heritage in the Digital Library of Italy’s main Holocaust research center

The Center for Contemporary Jewish Documentation Foundation (CDEC) is Italy’s main research institution on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism, but thanks to a growing digital library project launched in 2015 it is also a key online source of visual and archival … continue reading →

Poland: Death of Dr. Łucja Pawlicka-Nowak, longtime key activist regarding Jewish heritage and Holocaust studies & commemoration in Poland

We have recently learned of the death of Dr. Łucja Pawlicka-Nowak, for decades a key figure in research on the Holocaust and Jewish heritage in Poland. She died February 27 at the age of 82. Pawlicka-Nowak was the director of … continue reading →