Before the Second World War and the Nazi Holocaust, Oswiecim was a peaceful Polish town on the bank of the Vistula; a reasonably prosperous place from which few people outside of Central Europe had heard and where more than half of its 10,000 inhabitants were Jews.Continue Reading
During the following weeks, the Auschwitz Exhibition opening times will be subject to slight variations in order to better respond to the necessities of our visitors during the Christmas festivities. This way, both on December 24th, Christmas Eve, and December 31st, New Year’s Eve, the exhibition will be open to the public from 10:00h to...Continue Reading
After 7 years of work, the Auschwitz exhibition finally opened its doors last Friday at Centro de Exposiciones Arte Canal, with a fantastic reception from the public. Tickets got sold out for the weekend, due to the large number of people willing to know first-hand the over 600 original objects from Auschwitz that are shown...Continue Reading
Today’s world can’t be fully understood without first having achieved a deep knowledge of World War II and the largest camp created by Nazi Germany in all of Europe: Auschwitz. Just as knowing is understanding, understanding helps prevention. Because of that, the Auschwitz exhibition and the Community of Madrid give the lower and upper secondary education...Continue Reading
