Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation
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The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation (ABMF) was founded in New York, USA, in 2012 as a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the preservation of the original artifacts and grounds of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp KL Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II Birkenau, supervised by the
In 2019, the organization was renamed from Friends of Auschwitz Birkenau Foundation to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation and expanded its programs to survivors' outreach and education. According to its mission statement,
ABMF provides support to programs and projects of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, a charitable organization established under the laws of Poland and having a purpose consistent with the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation.[2]
Preservation
Since its inception in 2012, ABMF has supported the
Education
In 2022, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation (ABMF) launched its flagship educational initiative in the United States: Auschwitz Legacy Fellowship.[3] The fellowship brings American high school teachers from all fifty states to Auschwitz so that they – in return – can bring lessons of Auschwitz to their students back home and continue to teach them for the next five consecutive years.[4]
75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
On January 27, 2020, The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum marked the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau with a special event at the site. The Anniversary Ceremony was attended by survivors, their families, heads of state, and world leaders and was the central event of the 2020
Survivors’ Outreach
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation launched an extensive program of Survivors Outreach that consists of online reunions, sending survivors birthday flowers and letters, and organizing meetings with survivors and American high school teachers. In 2022, the Foundation published a cookbook entitled Honey Cake and Latkes: Recipes from the Old World by the Auschwitz- Birkenau Survivors, which includes recipes and Survivors' memories.[8]
References
- ^ "About - Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation". preserveauschwitz.org. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Statutes". foundation.auschwitz.org. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "News / Museum / Auschwitz-Birkenau". auschwitz.org. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Education - Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation". preserveauschwitz.org. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Aktualności / Muzeum / Auschwitz-Birkenau". auschwitz.org. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ World Jewish Congress. "75 Years After the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, WJC President Ronald S. Lauder Honors Holocaust Survivors at Memorial Site on International Holocaust Remembrance Day". World Jewish Congress. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ World Jewish Congress. "75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau - 27 January 2020". World Jewish Congress. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Honey Cake & Latkes: Recipes from the Old World by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Survivors: Memorial Foundation, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Zalewska, Maria, Lauder, Ronald S.: 9781595911230: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com. Retrieved 2022-05-31.