Upon request, we offer:

• guided tours of the Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau
• meetings with former prisoners
• the possibility of research in the archive of the Museum
• lectures on the history of the former concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau
• contact with scientists and specialists
• the opportunity of voluntary work on the site of the memorial
• visits around the town of Oświęcim and its neighbourhood
• ethical and religious reflection
• pastoral help and sermons
• retreats

More information about educational offer from the State Museum Auschwitz - Birkenau you can find here

 

Suggested schedule for a group visit

Day 1
Evening: arrival, boarding, welcome, explanation of the programme
Day 2
Morning: guided visit to the Museum Auschwitz I
Afternoon: individual visit to the Museum (e.g. national exhibitions)
Evening: common sharing in a group
Day 3
Morning: guided tour of the Museum Auschwitz II- Birkenau
Afternoon: meeting with a former camp prisoner
Day 4
Morning: visits to the archive, library or an exhibition
Afternoon: discussion e.g. on the biographies of the perpetrators, on the religious aspects of Auschwitz and on the dialogue at the edge of Auschwitz
Day 5
trip to Cracow
Day 6
Personal reflection day, reading, meditation, way of the cross

There is the opportunity to participate daily in Mass at the nearby chapel of the Carmelite convent.

 

 

Further Propositions:

Seminars for Educators, Facilitators and Media Experts - Suggestions

Propositions for a program of pilgrimage or retreat