Auschwitz exhibition extended in New York

An exhibition on the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz that was scheduled to stay open at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York until January 3 has been extended until August 30 due to record attendance. 

Entrance to the former Auschwitz death camp with the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work sets you free) sign.

Photo: PAP/Andrzej Grygiel

Entitled Auschwitz: Not so long ago. Not so far away, it is the first ever travelling exhibition on Auschwitz.

It is made up of more than 700 objects and traces the development of Nazi ideology and the transformation of Auschwitz into the world’s deadliest Holocaust site, where 1 million Jews and tens of thousands of Polish political prisoners, Sinti and Roma, and Soviet POWs perished during World War II.

The exhibition earlier had a successful run at Madrid’s Arte Canal Exhibition Centre, where it was extended twice and attracted more than 600,000 visitors. It is due to continue its worldwide tour after New York.

Radio Poland’s Danuta Isler visited the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York last summer.