Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

The International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust constitutes the integral part of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. The Center coordinates various activities, mainly, aimed at teachers, researchers, high school and college students. Additionally, it publishes educational materials.

 The mission of ICEAH is to educate about the tragedy of the Victims and teach the history one of the last readably preserved of vast Death Camps.  The authenticity of Auschwitz- Birkenau and survivors’ testimonies enable learning and understanding the mechanism of development of structural hatred which resulted in genocide in Auschwitz.  Education at the Memorial Site is meant to foster reflection on the meaning of personal responsibility in modern Europe and all over the world.

Director of ICEAH Educational Projects Visitor Services Methodology of Guiding Volunteer Bureau Exhibitions E-learning

 The Center coordinates educational projects aimed at high school and college students, teachers as well as other professional, social or religious groups from all over the world. Director of ICEAH Educational Projects Visitor Services Methodology of Guiding Volunteer Bureau ExhibitionsE-learning Contact: Marta Berecka  Learning the history of Auschwitz and fate of the Victims constitute the main goal of educational projects which have been carried out within the authentic space of the Memorial Site.

Projects include: postgraduate studies seminars study visits educational workshops academic conferences thematic sessions international summer academies Contact: Marta Berecka Director of ICEAH Educational Projects Visitor Services Methodology of Guiding Volunteer Bureau ExhibitionsE-learning

Number of participants of educational projects in 2013 Contact: Marta Berecka Director of ICEAH Educational Projects Visitor Services Methodology of Guiding Volunteer Bureau ExhibitionsE-learning

Visitor Services section organizes guided tours on the grounds of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial both for organized groups and individual visitors. In 2013, 1.33 million visitors including 63% young people, visited the former camp. Contact: Magdalena Luranc Director of ICEAH Educational Projects Visitor Services Methodology of Guiding Volunteer Bureau ExhibitionsE-learning

The subject of Auschwitz receives growing interest of media. In 2013, over 145 film crews and over 40 photographers from 29 countries requested permission to film at the Site. The majority of them were from Poland (14), Germany (18), the United Kingdom (25), France (18), and Italy (18). For the first time we hosted the film crew from the United Arab Emirates. Contact: Magdalena Luranc Director of ICEAH Educational Projects Visitor Services Methodology of Guiding Volunteer Bureau ExhibitionsE-learning

 The concept of the new building for the Visitors’ Services Center was drawn up in  Work on the further stages of the investment implementation is in progress at the moment. Contact: Magdalena Luranc Director of ICEAH Educational Projects Visitor Services Methodology of Guiding Volunteer Bureau ExhibitionsE-learning

 The ICEAH organizes historical and educational trainings and draws up guidelines for 270 educators, who guide at the Memorial Site, to raise systematically their qualifications. Guides who speak the following languages are available: English Croatian Czech French Hebrew Spanish Japanese Dutch German Norwegian Polish Portuguese Russian Serbian Slovakian Swedish Hungarian Italian Contact: Tomasz Michaldo Director of ICEAH Educational Projects Visitor Services Methodology of Guiding Volunteer Bureau ExhibitionsE-learning

 Working for the Museum allows volunteers to learn or extend their knowledge about Auschwitz and Shoah as well as confront themselves personally with the significance and message of the Site. Two types of voluntary work at the Museum: on-site in Oświęcim, working full time at the Museum distance – working on various external Museum projects Contact: Katarzyna Marcak Director of ICEAH Educational Projects Visitor Services Methodology of Guiding Volunteer Bureau ExhibitionsE-learning

Additionally, the Center offers a wide range of travelling exhibitions. It creates a unique opportunity to reach those who are unable to visit the Museum and learn about the former Auschwitz-Birkenau camp at the Site. Contact: Teresa Zbrzeska Permanent exhibitions at the Memorial Site, include: main exhibition, in the original blocks of the former Auschwitz I system of information and commemorative plaques at the former camps of Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II exhibition in the ”Sauna” building national exhibitions Director of ICEAH Educational Projects Visitor Services Methodology of Guiding Volunteer Bureau ExhibitionsE-learning

The Center offers open on-line lessons through the Museum website:  “Auschwitz – Concentration and Extermination Camp.” (Polish, English, Persian, Arabic, Spanish, and Portuguese).  “People and War: Beginning of World War II Through Eyewitnesses’ Testimonies.”  “In the Face of the Holocaust. Rescuers, Passive Witnesses, Perpetrators, and their Supporters/Followers.” Closed on-line courses are organized on the e-learning platform. Courses available on the platform, include: “The History of Auschwitz.” “The Road to Genocide: Indirect Causes of the Holocaust.” Courses take place over one and a half months and are organized twice a year. Contact: Agnieszka Juskowiak-Sawicka Director of ICEAH Educational Projects Visitor Services Methodology of Guiding Volunteer Bureau ExhibitionsE-learning

 The Center prepares educational publications for teachers, high school and college students as well as educators from other organizations that deal with disseminating knowledge about Auschwitz and the Holocaust.  Publications that have been issued so far, include: