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The Auschwitz Jewish Center is located less than two miles from Auschwitz - Birkenau. It is the mission, in the shadow of the camps, to juxtapose the enormity of the destruction of human life with the vibrant lives of the Jewish people who once lived in the adjacent town and throughout Poland. The mission is also to provide all visitors with an opportunity to memorialize victims of the Holocaust through the study of the life and culture of a formerly Jewish town and to operate educational programs that allow future generations to explore the meaning and contemporary implications of the Holocaust. The Auschwitz Jewish Center is a place of understanding, education, memory, and prayer for all people. Click here to watch a video on the Auschwitz Jewish Center. The facilities include the Chevra Lomdei Mishnayot Synagogue, the only remaining synagogue in the once predominantly Jewish town, and the Kornreich House, which houses an exhibition on pre-War Jewish life that introduces visitors to the history, education, and commercial life of Jewish Oswiecim, as well as venues for meetings and educational programs. This is an especially exciting time for the Center. The Auschwitz Jewish Center and the Museum of Jewish Heritage recently united; both organizations share a commitment to commemoration and education, not only about the tragedy of the Holocaust, but about the rich culture of the Jewish people. Much like the Center, the Museum has always based its exhibition and education philosophy on the power of personal artifacts and testimony to communicate. The addition of AJC to the Museum broadens the reach and expands the capacity of both institutions. In fact, is hard to imagine two institutions with missions that are more complementary. For information about the Center, please visit our website at www.ajcf.org or to arrange a visit, contact the Center’s offices in Oswiecim at info@ajcf.pl, or call the Museum at 646.437.4276. Download the Visitor's Brochure in English Download the Visitor's Brochure in Hebrew
Fellows Newsletter September 2008 May 2008 Read about the 2008 AJC Fellows February Separate Events, Mutual Understanding- Remembering the Holocaust Speaking with Genocide Survivors from Poland to Rwanda On Location- Hanukkah in Oswiecim
November A Tale of Two Countries- Poland and Turkey The Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows program has been supported by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany |
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