The International Auschwitz Committee

Australia	Hungary	Russia
Austria	Israel	Slovakia
Belgium	Italy	Slovenia
Czech Republic	Luxembourg	Ukraine
France	The Netherlands	USA
Germany	Poland
Greece	Rumania

The International Auschwitz Committee was founded in 1952 by survivors of the Concentration- and Extermination Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, with several objectives:

To let the world know what happened in the Concentration- and Extermination Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
To look after the interests of the survivors.
To encourage and support contacts between the national Auschwitz committees.

In the context of the increasing manifestations of discrimination, racism and antisemitism, and in particular the emergence of denial of what happened in Auschwitz, it was decided at the general assembly in 1992 to afford the opportunity of membership to all organisations actively concerned in giving 'Auschwitz ' an important place in the moral and political debate and in the education of new generations. At this time the board was also expanded to include younger members, besides the camp survivors.

Today many organisations from 19 different countries are affiliated to the International Auschwitz Committee. All of them include youth education among their activities.

... people must realize that the defeat of the Third Reich in no way signifies the disappearance of the Nazi ideology; and that there are still fascist and neo-nazi movements, organisations and parties ready and willing to bring new disasters down on humankind.

Baron Maurice Goldstein, speaking as President of the International Auschwitz Committee, in Birkenau at the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, January 27th 1995