"On Auschwitz" (35): Plunder of the property of Auschwitz victims
"On Auschwitz" (35): Plunder of the property of Auschwitz victims
One of the elements of the operation of the Auschwitz camp was looting of the property of people deported to the camp. T... Read more
11 Aug 2023
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22mins
"On Auschwitz" (34): The first moments at the Auschwitz camp
"On Auschwitz" (34): The first moments at the Auschwitz camp
You have arrived not at a sanatorium but at a German concentration camp in which the only way out is through the chimney... Read more
27 Jul 2023
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39mins
"On Auschwitz" (33): Creation of the Auschwitz Memorial
"On Auschwitz" (33): Creation of the Auschwitz Memorial
After the liberation of Auschwitz, its two main parts - the former main camp (Auschwitz I) and Auschwitz II-Birkenau - w... Read more
2 Jul 2023
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36mins
"On Auschwitz" (32): Documents analisis: how Auschwitz camp attempted to transfer 30 women prisoners from Ravensbrück
"On Auschwitz" (32): Documents analisis: how Auschwitz camp attempted to transfer 30 women prisoners from Ravensbrück
The analysis of the surviving documents of the camp administration makes it possible, on the one hand, to trace how the ... Read more
30 Jun 2023
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8mins
"On Auschwitz" (31): Christian clergy at Auschwitz
"On Auschwitz" (31): Christian clergy at Auschwitz
The Germans incarcerated at least 464 priests, seminarians & monks as well as 35 nuns in #Auschwitz. Teresa Wontor C... Read more
5 May 2023
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53mins
"On Auschwitz" (30): Why the Auschwitz camp was not bombed?
"On Auschwitz" (30): Why the Auschwitz camp was not bombed?
The Auschwitz II-Birkenau gas chambers and crematoria never became targets for Allied bombing, despite reports about the... Read more
20 Mar 2023
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28mins
"On Auschwitz" (29): British prisoners of war near the Auschwitz camp
"On Auschwitz" (29): British prisoners of war near the Auschwitz camp
One of the groups of witnesses to the crimes perpetrated at the concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz were Brit... Read more
24 Feb 2023
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29mins
"On Auschwitz" (28): Liberation of the Auschwitz camp
"On Auschwitz" (28): Liberation of the Auschwitz camp
On 27 January 1945, Red Army soldiers liberated over 7,000 prisoners of the Auschwitz. The 1,689-day history of this con... Read more
27 Jan 2023
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10mins
"On Auschwitz" (27): Liquidation of the Auschwitz camp
"On Auschwitz" (27): Liquidation of the Auschwitz camp
In the second half of 1944, due to the Red Army successes and the advancing Eastern Front, the SS authorities in Auschwi... Read more
16 Jan 2023
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14mins
"On Auschwitz" (26): Deportations of Poles from the Zamość region to Auschwitz
"On Auschwitz" (26): Deportations of Poles from the Zamość region to Auschwitz
After Germany attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941. Heinrich Himmler gave the order to create a "German settlement are... Read more
27 Dec 2022
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26mins