On 28 December 2021, the Russian Supreme Court ordered the liquidation of the International Memorial association.
Memorial has been active for more than 30 years. It is an extremely meritorious non-governmental organization in Europe, which in its activities combines two issues: memory and human rights. This is what makes it unique.
Commenting on this decision, the Auschwitz Museum director Dr. Piotr
M. A. Cywiński said: "A power that is afraid of memory can never achieve democratic maturity."