During the pandemic, TCBC School Tours was granted exclusive access by Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum to film this 60 minute tour, allowing us to bring the exhibition into your classroom.
Together with our Krakow guide Paulina Jurkowska-Pudełko and Museum Educator Paweł Sawicki, we visit both sites, walk inside the barracks, hear the stories of the victims of this tragedy and learn why it's so important not to forget the past.
This tour is specifically created for students, with the aim of giving them a significant understanding of this sombre page in history, helping them to reflect on the past and impact the future. This is a valuable learning resource for any time of year, but perhaps of particular use when commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day in January.
Tour Discussion Points
- The Story of Auschwitz: buildings, size of camp, numbers
- Inside the barracks / exhibitions: victim groups, archive photos from Birkenau, stories of the victims and perpetrators
- Material proof of crimes: personal effects
- Every day life of prisoners: dehumanisation, losing individuality
- Children in Auschwitz: experimenting on people
- Auschwitz as a business / profit earner
- The Block of Death (camp prison) & execution wall
- Birkenau site: size of camp, panoramic views
- Barracks, accommodation, living standards
- Survivors’ voices / books
- Detailed tour topics
Feedback
Feedback from teachers and students who have taken the tour
Length
56 mins
Guides
Paulina Jurkowska-Pudełko with Museum Educator Paweł Sawicki