The final act of mass murder of the Jewish population during 1941-1945 in Europe by Nazi Germany was the Holocaust in Hungary. On 18 March 1944, Hitler summoned Miklós Horthy, Regent of Hungary at the time, demanding greater acquiescence from Hungary. Horthy tried to resist in vain since Hitler ordered the invasion of Hungary and...Read More
When we think about the Auschwitz concentration camp, most of our attention goes towards the crimes committed there. Thoughts we have mentioning Auschwitz are those about torture, executions, gas chambers, crematories, number of lives lost there. Therefore, we would like to talk about the heroes who risked their lives fighting for those lives, bringing us...Read More
Auschwitz. Just uttering the name of this Nazi concentration camp was enough to send chills down the spine of many who knew of its existence and fate more terrible than death to those who were unfortunate enough to face the inner walls of this camp. How did one concentration camp in World War II become...Read More
Located in the town of Oświęcim, the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum was created in 1946 on the site of the former Nazi Germany concentration camp of Auschwitz under the guidance of Poland’s Ministry of Culture and Art by Tadeusz Wąsowicz and other former Auschwitz prisoners. The museum was officially founded in 1947 with its first exhibition...Read More
Visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum concentration camp tours is extremely important to learn about the unimaginable horror of the Holocaust. However, to learn about the culture that was (almost!) completely destroyed, it’s absolutely essential to visit Krakow’s Jewish quarter. If you’ve watched Steven Spielberg’s famous war movie Schindler’s List, you could already see bits of...Read More
