History and culture: The Museum of the Great Patriotic War opens a program of events dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory
January 15, 2015 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War (Moscow) is taking place a scientific conference dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the liberation by the Red Army of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim (Poland). On the same day will be held the opening of the exhibition of the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau "German Nazi death camp - Auschwitz". The events are organized by the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War and the Polish Cultural Centre with the support of the Russian Military-Historical Society.
At the conference will be discussed the challenges of research and teaching of the history and lessons of the Holocaust and Nazi crimes during the Second World War, topical issues of historical memory, the role of memorials and museums in opposition to the revival of Nazism.