"Piort Cywinski"

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8 February 2026

In Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2026, Piotr Cywinski, Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, lays wreaths and lights candles at the Death Wall near Block 11 during the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. Auschwitz is a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp and remains the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust. Jews from across Europe are murdered there, along with Poles, Roma, Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war. On January 27, 1945, the Red Army enters the camp, liberating its prisoners. Twenty-one survivors participate in the commemoration.

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27 January 2026

In Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2026, Piotr Cywinski, Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, lays wreaths and lights candles at the Death Wall near Block 11 during the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. Auschwitz is a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp and remains the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust. Jews from across Europe are murdered there, along with Poles, Roma, Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war. On January 27, 1945, the Red Army enters the camp, liberating its prisoners. Twenty-one survivors participate in the commemoration.

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27 January 2026

In Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2026, museum management lays wreaths and lights candles at the Death Wall near Block 11 during the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. Auschwitz is a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp and remains the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust. Jews from across Europe are murdered there, along with Poles, Roma, Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war. On January 27, 1945, the Red Army enters the camp, liberating its prisoners. Twenty-one survivors participate in the commemoration.

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27 January 2026

In Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2026, museum management lays wreaths and lights candles at the Death Wall near Block 11 during the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. Auschwitz is a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp and remains the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust. Jews from across Europe are murdered there, along with Poles, Roma, Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war. On January 27, 1945, the Red Army enters the camp, liberating its prisoners. Twenty-one survivors participate in the commemoration.

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15 June 2025

Auschwitz-Birkenau director Piotr Cywinski during the ceremony to mark the 85th anniversary of the first transport of Poles to Auschwitz-Bikenau in Oswiecim, Poland on June 14, 2025.

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6 February 2025

In Brzezinka, Poland, on January 27, 2025, the Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Piotr Cywinski, attends the main commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Auschwitz is a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp and remains the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust. Jews from across Europe, along with Poles, Roma, Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war, are murdered there. On January 27, 1945, the Red Army enters the camp, liberating its prisoners. Delegations from over 50 countries gather to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation.

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29 January 2025

In Brzezinka, Poland, on January 27, 2025, Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Piotr Cywinski, participates in the main commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Auschwitz was a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp and remains the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust. Jews from across Europe, along with Poles, Roma, Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war, are murdered there. On January 27, 1945, the Red Army enters the camp, liberating its prisoners. Delegations from over 50 countries gather to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation.

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29 January 2025

In Brzezinka, Poland, on January 27, 2025, Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Piotr Cywinski, participates in the main commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Auschwitz was a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp and remains the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust. Jews from across Europe, along with Poles, Roma, Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war, are murdered there. On January 27, 1945, the Red Army enters the camp, liberating its prisoners. Delegations from over 50 countries gather to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation.

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27 January 2025

Auschwitz Museum Director Piort Cywinski speaks during commemoration ceremony of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz at Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi-German concentration and extermination camp on January 27, 2025 in Brzezinka, Poland.

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27 January 2025

Museum director Piotr Cywinski and Polish President Andrzej Duda during the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau ceremony in Oswiecim, Poland on January 27, 2025.

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27 January 2025

In Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2025, the Director of the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, Piotr Cywinski, lays a wreath at the ''Wall of Death'' near block 11 of the former Auschwitz I camp during the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Auschwitz is a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp and remains the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust. Jews from across Europe are murdered there, along with Poles, Roma, Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war. On January 27, 1945, the Red Army enters the camp, liberating its prisoners. Delegations from over 50 countries gather to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation.

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27 January 2025

In Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2025, the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, lays a wreath at the ''Wall of Death'' near block 11 of the former Auschwitz I camp during the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Auschwitz is a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp and remains the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust. Jews from across Europe are murdered there, along with Poles, Roma, Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war. On January 27, 1945, the Red Army enters the camp, liberating its prisoners. Delegations from over 50 countries gather to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation.

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27 January 2025

In Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2025, the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, lays a wreath at the ''Wall of Death'' near block 11 of the former Auschwitz I camp during the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Auschwitz is a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp and remains the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust. Jews from across Europe are murdered there, along with Poles, Roma, Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war. On January 27, 1945, the Red Army enters the camp, liberating its prisoners. Delegations from over 50 countries gather to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation.

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27 January 2025

Polish President Andrzej Duda and Piotr Cywinski, Auschwitz Museum director, pay homage at 'The Death Wall' during the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz at Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi-German concentration and extermination camp on January 27, 2025 in Oswiecim, Poland.

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15 February 2024

Jonathan Glazer, the director of historical drama film 'The Zone of Interest’, and Piotr Cywinski, Auschwitz Museum director, attend Polish premier screening of his movie at Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Oswiecim, Poland on February 15, 2024. The film, which won the Grand Prix in Cannes and has received five nominations for the 96th Academy Awards, is loosely based on the 2014 novel by Martin Amis. The plot centers on the family life of Rudolf Hoess, the Nazi commandant of Auschwitz Nazi Germany concentration and extermination camp during World War II.

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15 February 2024

Jonathan Glazer, the director of historical drama film 'The Zone of Interest’, and Piotr Cywinski, Auschwitz Museum director, attend Polish premier screening of his movie at Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Oswiecim, Poland on February 15, 2024. The film, which won the Grand Prix in Cannes and has received five nominations for the 96th Academy Awards, is loosely based on the 2014 novel by Martin Amis. The plot centers on the family life of Rudolf Hoess, the Nazi commandant of Auschwitz Nazi Germany concentration and extermination camp during World War II.

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