"On Auschwitz" (50): Official correspondence of prisoners of Auschwitz
Nazi Germany deported some 1,3 million people to Auschwitz. Only a little above 400 thousand were registered in the camp as prisoners. Some could conduct correspondence with the outside world, however...
15 Sep 202425min
"On Auschwitz": Interview with Auschwitz Survivor Bogdan Bartnikowski on the 80th anniversary of his deportation to the camp.
Bogdan Bartnikowski was born in Warsaw in 1932. During the Warsaw Uprising, he and his mother were expelled from their home. The Germans initially sent them to a transit camp in Pruszków, and then dep...
12 Aug 202449min
"On Auschwitz" (49): Deportations of Polish people from the uprising Warsaw to Auschwitz
In August and September 1944 - after the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising - almost 13,000 inhabitants of the occupied capital city and surrounding towns: men, women, the elderly, children, even infan...
1 Aug 202451min
"On Auschwitz" (48): Good examples of literature dedicated to the history of Auschwitz camp.
The first publications about Auschwitz were published during the war, while the camp was still in operation. The immediate postwar years also abounded in numerous publications by witnesses-Survivors o...
22 Jul 202454min
"On Auschwitz" (47): Functionary prisoners at Auschwitz
In the German concentration camps, including Auschwitz, there was a group of so-called ‘functionary’ prisoners, responsible for supervising other prisoners. They were mainly in charge of supervising ...
23 Jun 202448min
On Auschwitz (46): Tattooing numbers at Auschwitz
Auschwitz was the only German concentration camp where tattooing of numbers was applied to prisoners. Dr. Wanda Witek-Malicka of the Auschwitz Museum Research Center talks about why and when such a sy...
26 Mai 202453min
"On Auschwitz" (45): The story of Witold Pilecki, co-founder of resistance in Auschwitz
Polish soldier, Witold Pilecki was imprisoned in Auschwitz on 22 September 1940. Pilecki undertook the mission to infiltrate the camp in order to create a conspiracy network there, organize communicat...
26 Apr 202433min
"The Zone of Interest" - discussion with the filmmakers
On 15 February 2024, the Polish premiere of the film 'The Zone of Interest,' directed and written by Jonathan Glazer, was held at the Auschwitz Museum. The film, depicting the family life of Auschwitz...
28 Mar 202432min
