"On Auschwitz" (65): The trial of Rudolf Höss and other SS garrison members of Auschwitz
Some 8,200 SS men and 200 women overseers served in the camp garrison of the German Nazi camp Auschwitz between 1940 and 1945. How were the perpetrators from Auschwitz, including the first commandant,...
13 Okt 202533min
"On Auschwitz" (64): Block no. 11 in KL Auschwitz
Block 11 at Auschwitz I was isolated from the rest of the camp. It served as a prison, an execution site, and the quarters of the penal company. Dr. Adam Cyra from the Auschwitz Museum Research Centre...
8 Sep 202538min
"On Auschwitz" (63): Punishments in KL Auschwitz
At Auschwitz a system of punishments was in place for prisoners who broke camp regulations. In addition to official penalties, SS garrison members and functionary prisoners also imposed so-called unof...
4 Aug 202546min
"On Auschwitz" (62): Contemporary challenges of education at the Auschwitz Memorial
The International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust, established as a result of the efforts of Auschwitz Survivors, has been operating at the Memorial since 2005. The Museum direc...
2 Jul 202523min
"On Auschwitz" (61): History of education at the Auschwitz Memorial
Education at the Auschwitz Memorial has been carried out since the Museum was established in 1947, and the first guides were Survivors who told visitors about the tragic history of the camp from their...
30 Jun 202534min
"On Auschwitz" (60): Paragraph 175 prisoners in Auschwitz
Paragraph 175 of the German Penal Code criminalized homosexual contacts between men. One possible punishment was imprisonment in a concentration camp. Also at Auschwitz, there was a small group of men...
26 Jun 202541min
“On Auschwitz”: First Transport of Poles to Auschwitz in the accounts of Survivors
On June 14, 1940, the Germans deported a group of 728 Poles from a prison in Tarnow to Auschwitz. Among them were soldiers of the September campaign, members ofunderground independence organizations, ...
9 Jun 202530min
"On Auschwitz" (59): Block no. 10 in Auschwitz I and sterilization experiments
Block 10 at the Auschwitz I camp was the so-called experimental block. SS doctors conducted medical experiments there, including those focused on sterilization. Why was this particular block chosen fo...
12 Mai 202546min
