On Auschwitz

By: Auschwitz Memorial
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  • The official podcast of the Auschwitz Memorial. The history of Auschwitz is exceptionally complex. It combined two functions: a concentration camp and an extermination center. Nazi Germany persecuted various groups of people there, and the camp complex continually expanded and transformed itself. In the podcast "On Auschwitz," we discuss the details of the history of the camp as well as our contemporary memory of this important and special place. We kindly ask you to support our mission and share our podcast in social media. Online lessons: http://lesson.auschwitz.org
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  • "On Auschwitz" (55): The Evacuation and Liberation of Auschwitz in the Accounts of Witnesses

    "On Auschwitz" (55): The Evacuation and Liberation of Auschwitz in the Accounts of Witnesses
    Jan 26 2025

    Some 7,500 prisoners of the German Nazi camp Auschwitz, including over 500 children, were liberted on January 27, 1945 by Red Army soldiers.

    Listen about the last days of the camp's operation and the moment of liberation. The podcast includes testimonies of:

    Anna Tytoniak

    Kazimierz Smoleń

    Lea Shinar

    Irena Konieczna

    Józef Tabaczyński

    Wanda Błachowska-Tarasiewicz

    Louis Posner

    Jakub Wolman

    Zofia Jankowska-Palińska

    Anna Chomicz

    Zofia Lutomska-Kucharska

    Wanda Dramińska

    Edward Czempiel

    Jakub Gordon

    Andrzej Kozłowski

    Tadeusz Mleko

    Garnier (first name unknown)

    Alfred Fiderkiewicz

    Aleksander Vorontsov

    Wilhelm Wazdrąg

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    (English voiceovers: Mary Castillo, Toon Dreessen, Greg Littlefield, Ian Manger, Therese McLaughlin, Calum Melville, Mike Skagerlind, Grey Stafford, Michael Takiff, Tom Vamos, Kate Weinrieb, Sarah Weinstein Edwards).
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    37 mins
  • "On Auschwitz" (54): Soviet prisoners of war at Auschwitz

    "On Auschwitz" (54): Soviet prisoners of war at Auschwitz
    Jan 14 2025

    Soviet prisoners of war are the fourth largest group of victims of the German Auschwitz camp, after Jews, Poles and Roma. A total of 11,964 prisoners of war were registered at the camp. In addition, according to estimates, at least 3,000 Red Army soldiers were deported to the camp and murdered without being entered into the camp records.

    Dr. Jacek Lachendro of the Museum's Research Center talks about the history and fate of Soviet POWs at Auschwitz.

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    34 mins
  • "On Auschwitz" (53): Registration documents of Auschwitz prisoners

    "On Auschwitz" (53): Registration documents of Auschwitz prisoners
    Dec 22 2024

    Upon admission to the camp, prisoners underwent a registration process, during which various documents related to the individual were filled out. Dr. Wojciech Płosa, head of the Auschwitz Museum Archives, talks about the details of this process.

    We wish to thank Toon Dressen for recording the English voiceover.
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    22 mins

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Very informative and interesting

After watching ‘Zone of Interest’ I wanted to find out more. This podcast gives an amazing and heartbreaking insight into life in the camps. There is a good balance of historical information as well as personal accounts of people who were imprisoned there

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Excellent podcast

a very well presented podcast covering specific aspects of Auschwitz, using both personal accounts and historical documents. Very informative and very moving without being at all sentimental or sensationalist.

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