On October 5th, the 76th anniversary of the massacre of French Jewish female prisoners from the Women’s Penal Company of KL Auschwitz – Bor/Budy was observed. On this day, the main ceremonies took place at the historic building, a Place of Remembrance where these women—prisoners transferred from KL Auschwitz—were housed….
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Camp Canteen/Kitchen KL Auschwitz
Just recently our Foundation has acquired for safekeeping original, historical building of Camp Kitchen/ Canteen KL Auschwitz. It is another, third historical site of memory passed to our Foundation, two earlier are building of washroom of KL Auschwitz-Jawischowitz and building of Female Penal Company KL Auschwitz-Bór/Budy. Fate of this slowly…
Exhibition: Allied bombardment, Flak anti-aircraft defense, Zerlegebetriebe
Temporary exhibition honoring 72nd anniversary of death of american aviator sgt Alvin J. Ellin merges few important topics from history of KL Auschwitz. First is the grave of “Unknown American aviator” on the cemetery in Jawiszowice and shooting down the flying fortress B17 St Francais. Second topic is creating anti-aircraft…
72nd anniversary of the death of Alvin J. Ellin
Today, ceremonies were held to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the death of Sergeant Alvin J. Ellin, who was shot after parachuting from a damaged American bomber returning from a raid on Blachownia and the chemical factories there. German bullets struck the sergeant while he was still in the air,…
Clog charm
On the attic of pre-war school building, in which during the occupation were quartered female inmates from 1942 to 43 from Female Penal Company, and in the years 1943-45 women from Farauen Lager KL Auschwitz-Bór/Budy in Brzeszcze, we found an unusual finding from the time of camp existence. During initial cleaning for…
74th anniverasy of creating KL Auschwitz Jawischowitz
First Jewish prisoners in KL Auschwitz -Jawischowitz, 74th anniversary of creating subcamp of Auschwitz complex. 15th of August 1942r. To the german nazi subcamp of KL Auschwitz, created in a small village Jawischowitz next to Brzeszcze, comes from the main camp Auschwitz first transport of 150 inmates. These were jewish prisoners. We do…
Mickey Mouse from Birkenau
Private collection of items and artifacts from KL Auschwitz complex that our Foundation takes care of, has been enriched by another original item from the era. Artifact, that carries clear and loud message about the evil that happened in ex German Nazi camp KL Auschwitz-Birkenau, evil, that exceeds plain common…
74 anniversary Frauen Strafkompanie Bór/Budy
Today is the 74th anniversary of creating first external female penal company of KL Auschwitz, in the pre-war school building in Brzeszcze/Bór that our Foundation takes care of and which is our registered office. In the first transport to the penal company in Bór were sent more than 400 women, prisoners…
Sonderzug von Tarnow nach Auschwitz
In this special day of 76th anniversary of the first transport of Poles to KL Auschwitz, on the National Day of Memory about Victims of German Nazi Concentration and Death camps, in the office of our Foundation, took place a presentation of never shown before document regarding the first transport of…
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…