On October 5, as every year, we commemorate the anniversary of the victims of the massacre of French Jewesses – Prisoners of the Penal Company of Women of the KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Bor / Budy sub-camp by symbolic laying of bunches and lighting candles, this is already the 82nd anniversary of…
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The 82nd anniversary of the establishment of KL Auschwitz-Jawischowitz
On August 15, 2024, we marked the 82nd anniversary of the arrival of the first transport of 150 prisoners from the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp KL Auschwitz-Birkenau to the subcamp KL Auschwitz-Jawischowitz. These were Jews deported from France to KL Auschwitz. This marked the first instance in the…
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National Day of Cursed Soldiers Remembrance
First of March is National Day of „Cursed Soldiers” remembrance. Ceremony in Brzeszcze started at the cemetery in Brzeszcze-Jawiszowice by laying flowers and lighting candles on the graves of locals from our county, connected with resistance, a.o. Mr Jan Wawrzyczek, alias „Danuta” and „Marusza”, colonel of Polish Army, commander of…
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72nd anniversary of KL Auschwitz liberation
27th of January 2017 is already 72nd anniversary of KL Auschwitz camp complex liberation. In the morning, representatives of Our Foundation, along with local authorities and local organisations, placed wreaths at the monument „In memory of martyrs fallen in fight fith fascism” in the comunal park at Kościuszki street and at the…
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72nd anniversary of Death March
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me – Psalm 23/4* Seventy two years ago – in the evening on 17th January 1945 after the last camp appeal, begun evacuation of prisoners…
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74th anniversary of Frauen Strafkompanie massacre
Today, 5th of October 2016, is the 74th anniversary of bestiary homicide of women, prisoners of Female Penal Company (Frauen Strafkompanie) in subcamp KL Auschwitz-Bór/Budy in Brzeszcze. As each year, our Foundation was the inititator and organizator of commemorating their memory and creating a ceremony of bringing uot the history about the…
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71st Anniversary
71st Anniversary of KL Auschwitz complex liberation Last wednesday, that is 27th of January, was another, 71st anniversary of liberation of ex german nazi concentration camp KL Auschwitz-Birkenau. Like each year, representatives of our Foundation paid their respects to the victims murdered in the concentration camps by symbolic placing flowers at the monument…
70. anniversary of the liberation of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau
Our Foundation participated actively in the 70th anniversaryof liberation of Auschwitz – Birkenau complex, the dreadful “death machine”. As an act of solidarity along with everyone who wanted to commemorate International Holocaust Memory Day, we have marked our presence on the worldwide map of memory. In the early afternoon, the delegation…
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70th anniversary of Zigeunerfamilienlager removal
On the day of 2nd of August we celbrated another Sinti and Roma Extermination Memorial Day. Seventy years ago, authorities of the KL Auschwitz – Birkenau conducted an extermination of Gypsy family camp in Brzezinka. On the tragic night, between 2nd and 3rd of august, nearly 3 tousand gypsy prisoners lost their lives,…
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Celebration of 69th anniversary of camp liberation
This year’s 69th anniversary of camp liberation had a special character. As each year, few of the remaining survivors of Holocaust and Auschwitz prisoners took their part in the celebration. Also present were representatives of the government of Poland and Israeli Kneset. In his speech, the director of the Memory Place…
