Book Chapter
Andrzej Strzelecki, Jacek Lachendro, “Evacuation, Liquidation and Liberation.” Auschwitz: History, Place and People. An Academic Guide to the Camp Complex. Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2021, p. 181-192.
Educational Resources
- Auschwitz in the Weeks Following the 27th of January, 1945 by Meredith Shaw
Discussion Prompts
- Consider the generational trauma faced by descendants of prisoners, officers and individuals who experienced the Holocaust. How has this trauma shaped the understanding and education of the Holocaust and Auschwitz in today’s generation?
- Why do you believe it took so long for museums and governments to acknowledge that the dominating group that faced mass killing and persecution were Jewish?
Bibliography
Kubica, Helena. Odebrane Dzieciństwo. Dzieci Wyzwolone w Auschwitz. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2020.
Lachendro, Jacek. Auschwitz after Liberation. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2016.
Strzelecki, Andrzej. The Evacuation, Dismantling and Liberation of KL Auschwitz. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2001.
Tong, Audrey. “Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum’s Exhibitions: Spaces of Histories, Memories and Identities.” In The More I Know, the Less I Understand, edited by Bożena Karwowska and Anja Nowak, 225–38. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2017.
