the trends; it provides us with obtain socio-economic much; if we want to know what we should do to keep
data on our visitors and establishes where they come it alive, and last but not least, if we want to prepare
from. This information can show us which languages the suitable tools, then there is no other way but to
our tour guides need (although Auschwitz already monitor the attendance wisely and carefully. And we
offers tours in 22 languages) and which languages must remember that when we see people coming in,
our main publications should use. It also indicates it is our special task to think about those who are
which countries or diplomats we need to work with absent for whatever reason. It is this endeavour that
more, and how we should improve our cooperation directly sets the trends for our daily activities.
with the media or local governments.
Understanding the situation of modern memory
These seem to be obvious solutions for products
of all kinds, so why should we think that this
and the challenges facing it is one of the foundations
for building the memory of tomorrow.
analysis is inappropriate in a Memorial Site? That
it might appear to be too ‘market-oriented’? You
couldn’t be more wrong! This focus is an integral
part of paying attention to remembrance. If we want
to know the current state of this remembrance, who
needs it, and who still thinks they don’t need it that
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1. Visitors walking around the train tracks of the camp | Auschwitz-Birkenau
State Museum
2. Fences of Auscwitz-Birkenau | EUROM
3. One of the rooms of the permanent exhibition | EUROM
4. One of the warning signs at the camp fence | Manel Clemente
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