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Piotr Cywinski
Yad Vashem's Hall of Names
December 19, 2020, 2:52 pm
Auschwitz museum director wades into debate on next Yad Vashem head 
Piotr Cywiński said he is 'concerned about the future of this institution' amid the appointment of right-wing politician Effi Eitam
By JTA
Piotr CywińskI
September 27, 2020, 9:08 am
Auschwitz museum head offers to trade with Nigerian boy jailed for blasphemy
Piotr Cywiński made intervention after Sharia court sentenced Omar Farouq, 13, to 120 months in jail
By JTA
Auschwitz. (Credit: Dave Thompson/PA Wire)
June 4, 2020, 12:04 pm
Auschwitz issues plea for donations after lost funding due to Covid-19
Museum administration called on 'everyone for whom the preservation of memory is important' to chip in
By Jewish News Reporter
Piotr Cywiński (Source: Auschwitz Museum/ Bartosz Bartyzel)
January 21, 2019, 3:30 pm
Auschwitz Museum director awarded highest honour from France
Head of the Holocaust memorial and museum, Piotr Cywinski, is given the National Order of the Legion of Honour
By JTA
Auschwitz's infamous train tracks and death gate
May 8, 2018, 2:30 pm
Auschwitz Museum targeted by Polish nationalists in wake of Holocaust law
Campaign of "hate, fake news and manipulations” sent to memorial, with one guide having his home vandalised and others harangued
Serge Klarsfeld was awarded the highest recognition of the Auschwitz Museum's - “Light of Remembrance”. Source: @AuschwitzMuseum on Twitter
May 16, 2017, 9:57 am
Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld honoured by Auschwitz Museum
Romanian child survivor recognised with the 'Light of Memory' award in Izieu, France
By JTA
May 20, 2016, 12:46 pm
Auschwitz mug reveals ring and necklace hidden for 70 years
Enamel artefact on display at the infamous death camp found to contain secret treasures.
By Jewish News Reporter
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