Report 2009 Each year, there are fewer eyewitnesses among us who remember the hell of Auschwitz. And so we are left with the authenticity of the Memorial. Today, this authenticity must bear witness and speak to us so that, in the background, we can almost hear the voices of those who have fallen silent. We must all take care of this place where things happened that left an everlasting mark on our European civilization, and all human civilization. Auschwitz symbolizes the entire history of the Shoah and the whole system of concentration camps. Auschwitz symbolizes the unprecedented high-water mark of evil. We cannot understand ourselves without understanding Auschwitz. Caring for this place is not exclusively an obligation to past generations, to the victims and the survivors. To a large degree, it is also an obligation towards the generations to come.
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| Report 2008 To this day, Auschwitz remains the most eloquent place for forming the consciences of people who take responsibility for the future of our societies, nations, and states. After more than sixty years, people from all over the world continue to come here to see the ruins of the death factory. Those ruins speak to everyone’s imagination.Only a shared effort will make it possible to preserve the authenticity of this place and its message. In 2008, we laid the groundwork for a special Fund for the preservation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial. We believe that the democratic countries of this world, and people who realize how fragile this world is, will support us.
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| Report 2007
 Auschwitz remains a memorial site that can serve everyone as a mirror of the human soul and a prism for looking deep within ourselves. However, as Elie Wiesel understood, Auschwitz is also a “Truth Site.” It is a legible, unambiguous symbol that touches the fullness of human sensitivity. It is no accident that more and more people visit the site each year. In 2007, more than 1.2 million people came.
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| Report 2006
2006 was the first year when the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust functioned fully. Despite lacking premises of its own, the Center developed new programs and made preparations for web-based education. We attempt to prepare a range of instructional programs, conferences, meetings, and seminars. We are convinced that our mission is fi tting and special. We know that there is no place on earth where it is possible to be a person, and to become a person, as authentically as at Auschwitz. Each conscience touched to the quick by the history of this place is a chance for a great victory for humanity and the civilization of truth. Your remembrance of Auschwitz and its victims gives meaning to the existence of this place, today and tomorrow. This is the meaning of the everyday work of many people – for almost six decades.
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