Join us for a gallery reception for the opening of "The Resistance Movement in KL Auschwitz," an exhibit from Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau. Light refreshments served.
"The resistance of KL Auschwitz prisoners was born of the need to save human life. Every single day, prisoners in the camp fought for survival, and that required taking actions of both spontaneous.
The first organizations of the resistance movement in the camp were founded by Poles. For the most part, they were people who had already been active in the underground. When in 1941, the deportation of prisoners from countries occupied by the Third Reich started, other national resistance groups also began to emerge"...
To learn more, visit the exhibit outside the second floor gallery!
This exhibit is made possible in part by The Kurt and Tessye Simon Fund.
Features: numerous public meeting rooms, public computers, wireless laptops and iPads for in-house use and vending area.
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