number 423 entitled “Negatives of Memory. Labyrinths” is presented. The Mass was led by Bishop Ordinary Roman Pindel of the Bielsko-Żywiec diocese.
'We have gathered in this very special church, not far away from the Auschwitz camp on 14 June in order to commemorate the first transport of prisoners from Tarnów. It is also the date when we commemorate the National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camps. For years, we have been referring here to specific elements of this event that is considered a starting point for the operations of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in 1940. It is good that here, in the shadow of Auschwitz-Birkenau, but also in many other places in Poland, we remember. We do remember as expressed in the text to be found at the entrance to the famous cemetery of the distinguished in Zakopane: motherland is the soil and graves. Nations that lose memory, lose life', Bishop Pindel said.
One of the events accompanying the commemoration was the inauguration of the exhibition “Stolen Memory” created by Arolsen Archives displayed in front of the entrance to the Memorial until 30 June as well as the conference devoted to the fate of Polish foresters involved during WW2 in the activities of the resistance movement and the history of first transports of Poles to German Nazi camp Auschwitz. The agenda also included a discussion panel with the participation of the families of camp Survivors.
• Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
• Saint Maximilian’s Center in Harmęże
•Jewish Center in Oświęcim
• Bielsko-Żywiec Diocese
• Movart Foundation
• The Memorial Foundation for the Victims of Auschwitz-Birkenau
• Foundation of Memory Sites near Auschwitz-Birkenau
• Foundation-Memorial Hospice for the City of Oświęcim
• Oświęcim Municipality
• Cracow Foundation Center for Information, Meetings, Dialogue, Education and Prayer in Oświęcim
• Cavalry Captain Witold Pilecki State University of Małopolska in Oświęcim
• The City of Oświęcim
• The City of Tarnów
• International Youth Meeting Center in Oświęcim
• The Remembrance Museum of Land of Oświęcim Residents
• Castle Museum in Oświęcim
• Department of the Institute of National Remembrance in Cracow
• Province of Saint Anthony and Blessed Jakub Strzemię of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual Franciscans
• Oświęcim County Office
• Auschwitz Memento Association
• Roma Association in Poland
• Society for the Care of Oświęcim
• Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression