Memoria [EN] No. 24 (09/2019) | Page 26

OVER 5,5 Million USD FOR DEVELOPMENT

OF THE VISITOR SERVICE CENTre

Bartosz Bartyzel

The significant financial support will help to develop the infrastructure for providing services to visitors to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial. The agreement between the Museum and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation for the transfer of $5.5 million for the project was signed in New York by the director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Piotr M. A. CywiƄski, and the donors: Ronald S. Lauder and Joel Citron - on behalf of himself and his wife, Ulrika. The funds will enable the implementation of one of the complementary projects to the new Visitor Service Centre.