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Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, created in 2009 by Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, aims to gather and manage an endowment from which income shall finance the long-term, global preservation program of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Site.


Aim and objectives of the Foundation

The main objective of the Foundation is ''to look after the Memorial Site – the grounds and remnants of the former concentration camp KL Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II Birkenau concentration camp - supervised by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim (...), as well as to support the Museum's mission''. The aim is to be accomplished primarily by collecting funds for conservation and financing the conservation works. The funds are collected for the Foundation's Perpetual Fund. According to the objectives of the Foundation, the annual interest (approximately 4-5 million) from the Fund of 120 million EUR, would allow for planned and systematic conservation work.


World reactions

The foundation was registered in
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Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
in April 2009, but already 2 months earlier, the Polish Prime Minister
Donald Tusk Donald Franciszek Tusk ( , ; born 22 April 1957) is a Polish politician who was President of the European Council from 2014 to 2019. He served as the 14th Prime Minister of Poland from 2007 to 2014 and was a co-founder and leader of the Civic ...
sent letters to dozens of countries requesting assistance in the construction of a proposed endowment fund of 120 million EUR. On December 16, 2009,
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took a joint federal-''länder'' decision to donate to the fund 60 million EUR in five equal installments from 2011 to 2015. However, in June 2010,
Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
decided to send additional 120,000 EUR to cover the costs of running the foundation's office. At a 2019 ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, Chancellor
Angela Merkel Angela Dorothea Merkel (; ; born 17 July 1954) is a German former politician and scientist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), she previously served as Leader of the Opp ...
of Germany announced another 60 million EUR donation to help preserve the site. In February 2010,
Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
announced a payment of 6,000,000 EUR. In July 2010, United States pledged 15,000,000 USD (approximately 12.2 million EUR). In July 2010,
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declared donation of 15 million USD (about 12.2 million EUR). In May 2011
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declared support of the fund in the amount of 2.15 million GBP (about 2.41 million EUR). On October 5, 2011 the President of
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Bronisław Komorowski Bronisław Maria Komorowski (; born 4 June 1952) is a Polish politician and historian who served as President of Poland from 2010 to 2015. Komorowski served as Minister of Defence from 2000 to 2001. As Marshal of the Sejm, Komorowski exercis ...
, signed a special act (supported earlier by all parliamentary clubs of the
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and higher chambers of
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) according to which Poland supported the fund in the amount of 10 million EUR (which is about 8% of the whole fund). The Prime Minister of
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
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Benyamin Netanyahu Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (; ; born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician who served as the ninth prime minister of Israel from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2009 to 2021. He is currently serving as Leader of the Opposition and Chairman of ...
, declared support of 3.6 million NIS (about 715,000 EUR). In December 2011 the prime minister of
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declared 5 million EUR of support for the fund. Smaller amounts have been donated by Australia,
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, Switzerland, Sweden,
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and the
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. as well as by the cities of
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(France), Boulogne-Billancourt (France) and Kołobrzeg (Poland).


Foundation's authorities

Four separate bodies of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation (the Council, the International Committee, the Management Board and the Financial Commission) ensure the transparency, efficiency, and accountability of their respective work, all of which are of crucial importance to the Foundation. The foundation's statutes regulate the structural and functional integrity of the process behind the creation and management of the perpetual fund. Moreover, the foundation has established a professional relationship with two renowned companies that advise it on legal matters, accounting and bookkeeping. All of these factors emphasize the foundation's primary objective of securing the safety of the perpetual fund and guaranteeing transparency with respect to the disposal of funds. Current President of the Management Board of the foundation is Piotr Cywiński, PhD. Łukasz Rozdeiczer serves as vice-president, Wojciech Soczewica as Director General, and Elwir Świętochowski as a Member of the Board and Financial Director of the Foundation. On the foundation's Council sit:
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- Council's Chairman and Founder, Marcin Barcz,
Daniel Benjamin Daniel Benjamin (born October 16, 1961) is an American diplomat and journalist and was the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the United States Department of State from 2009 to 2012, appointed by Secretary Hillary Clinton. Benjamin was the direct ...
, Eleonora Bergman, Piotr Kadlčik, Jacek Kastelaniec,
Serge Klarsfeld Serge Klarsfeld (born 17 September 1935) is a Romanian-born French activist and Nazi hunter known for documenting the Holocaust in order to establish the record and to enable the prosecution of war criminals. Since the 1960s, he has made notab ...
, Edward Kosakowski,
Paweł Machcewicz Paweł Mateusz Machcewicz (born April 27, 1966 in Warsaw) is a Polish historian and university professor. Biography Machcewicz graduated in 1989 from the Department of History at the University of Warsaw. In 1990 he became a research analyst at t ...
, Zbigniew Nosowski, abp
Grzegorz Ryś Grzegorz Ryś (born 9 February 1964) is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop, being the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Łódź since 2017. He was previously an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Kraków and titular bishop of ...
,
Jürgen Rüttgers Jürgen Rüttgers (born 26 June 1951) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as the 9th Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2005 to 2010. Education Rüttgers was born in Cologne. He holds degree ...
, and
Józef Wancer Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...
. The work of the Foundation's is being supervised by the International Committee, composed by representatives of countries whose governments have donated for the Perpetual Fund of the Foundation. So far, these countries are: Germany, Austria, the United States. And also: Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Sweden, Kingdom of Norway, the Swiss Confederation and the Republic of Estonia.


Council

The Foundation's Council is the decision-making, supervisory and opinion forming body. The tasks of the Council include appointing and recalling members of the Foundation's Management Board, supervising its decisions and defining the main aims of the Foundation's activities.


Members of the Council

Marcin Barcz
Daniel Benjamin Daniel Benjamin (born October 16, 1961) is an American diplomat and journalist and was the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the United States Department of State from 2009 to 2012, appointed by Secretary Hillary Clinton. Benjamin was the direct ...
Eleonora Bergman – former director of the
Jewish Historical Institute The Jewish Historical Institute ( pl, Żydowski Instytut Historyczny or ''ŻIH''; yi, ייִדישער היסטאָרישער אינסטיטוט), also known as the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, is a public cultural and research ...
in Warsaw, member of the Board of Trustees of the POLIN-Museum of the History of Polish Jews, member of the International Consultative Council creating the new main exhibition at the
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum ( pl, Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau) is a museum on the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim (German: ''Auschwitz''), Poland. The site includes the main concentration camp at Auschwi ...
. Piotr Kadlčik – former chairman of the Union of Jewish Religious Communities in the Polish Republic, former chairman of the Jewish Community in Warsaw, member of the board of the European Congress of Jews. Jacek Kastelaniec – co-founder of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, former Director General of the Foundation responsible for fundraising for the statutory activity of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Graduate of the Department of Journalism and Political Science at the
University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields o ...
and of the
University of Montpellier The University of Montpellier (french: Université de Montpellier) is a public research university located in Montpellier, in south-east of France. Established in 1220, the University of Montpellier is one of the oldest universities in the wor ...
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Serge Klarsfeld Serge Klarsfeld (born 17 September 1935) is a Romanian-born French activist and Nazi hunter known for documenting the Holocaust in order to establish the record and to enable the prosecution of war criminals. Since the 1960s, he has made notab ...
– historian, lawyer, deputy chairman of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah (Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah), chairman of the Fils et Filles des Déportés Juifs de France (Sons and Daughters of the Deported Jews of France), member of the Board of Trustees of the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum-Birkenau. Edward Kosakowski – Chairman of the Chair of the Conservation and Restoration of Wall Paintings at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków ( pl, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Jana Matejki w Krakowie, usually abbreviated to ''ASP''), is a public institution of higher education located in the centre of Kraków, Poland. It is the oldest Pol ...
, member of the Board of Trustees of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
Paweł Machcewicz Paweł Mateusz Machcewicz (born April 27, 1966 in Warsaw) is a Polish historian and university professor. Biography Machcewicz graduated in 1989 from the Department of History at the University of Warsaw. In 1990 he became a research analyst at t ...
– historian, professor at the Mikołaj Kopernik University in Toruń, former plenipotentiary of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers for the
Museum of the Second World War The Museum of the Second World War () is a state cultural institution and museum established in 2008 in Gdańsk, Poland which is devoted to the Second World War. Its exhibits opened in 2017. The ''Kwadrat'' architectural team won an architec ...
in Gdańsk. Zbigniew Nosowski – former co-chairman and now deputy chairman of the Polish Council of Christians and Jews, editor-in-chief of Więź magazine, co-founder and chairman of the Social Committee for the Remembrance of the Jews of Otwock and Karczew.
Jürgen Rüttgers Jürgen Rüttgers (born 26 June 1951) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as the 9th Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2005 to 2010. Education Rüttgers was born in Cologne. He holds degree ...
– minister of education in the Helmut Kohl government from 1994–98, former Prime Minister of the German State of
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...
. abp
Grzegorz Ryś Grzegorz Ryś (born 9 February 1964) is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop, being the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Łódź since 2017. He was previously an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Kraków and titular bishop of ...
Józef Wancer Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...
– banker, deputy chairman of Citibank of New York for 23 years, former chairman of the board of
Bank BPH Bank BPH (Bank Przemysłowo-Handlowy) was a Polish universal bank. Until 2008, it was majority owned by UniCredit. In 2008, GE Money Bank took over 89% of shares and on 31 December 2009, Bank BPH merged with GE Money Bank Polska. At its peak, the b ...
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Marek Zając Marek Zając (born September 17, 1973 in Kraków), known as Marek () in China, is a Polish former soccer player and currently Manager of R&F. A versatile defender, he experienced considerable success with Wisła Kraków before moving to Turkey t ...
– secretary of the International Auschwitz Council, lecturer at the Rev. Józef Tischner Higher European School.


= Former members of the Council

= Agnieszka Magdziak-Miszewska – former consul-general of the Republic of Poland in New York, the ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Israel, former member of the International Auschwitz Council.


Deceased members of the Council

Władysław Bartoszewski Władysław Bartoszewski (; 19 February 1922 – 24 April 2015) was a Polish politician, social activist, journalist, writer and historian. A former Auschwitz concentration camp prisoner, he was a World War II resistance fighter as part of th ...
– former prisoner of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, co-founder of the Żegota Jewish Aid Council, chairman of the International Auschwitz Council and the Board for the Protection of the Memory of Combat and Martyrdom, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Government of the Polish Republic (twice), Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Plenipotentiary for International Dialogue. Founder and first Chairman of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation's Council. Henryk Flug – former prisoner of Nazi concentration camps, chairman of the Center of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors and the International Auschwitz Committee, member of the International Auschwitz Council.
Kalman Sultanik Kalman Sultanik (April 12, 1917 – October 14, 2014) was a prominent Zionist figure who was active in numerous Jewish and Zionist organizations throughout his life. He was a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, served on the E ...
– former prisoner of Nazi concentration camps, deputy chairman of the
World Jewish Congress The World Jewish Congress (WJC) was founded in Geneva, Switzerland in August 1936 as an international federation of Jewish communities and organizations. According to its mission statement, the World Jewish Congress' main purpose is to act as ...
and the
United Israel Appeal United Israel Appeal (UIA), a subsidiary of The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), is a link between the American Jewish community and the people of Israel. An independent legal entity with 501(c)(3) charity status, and a Board of ...
, member of the International Auschwitz Council, chairman of the financial commission of the International Auschwitz Council. Henryk Wujec – survivor of the Zamość expulsions during World War II. During communist period in Poland, long-term dissident. Social activist. For the years 1989-2001, member of the
Parliament of Poland The parliament of Poland is the bicameral legislature of Poland. It is composed of an upper house (the Senate) and a lower house (the Sejm). Both houses are accommodated in the ''Sejm'' complex in Warsaw. The Constitution of Poland does not re ...
. From 2010 to 2015, served as the advisor on Social Affairs to the
President of Poland The president of Poland ( pl, Prezydent RP), officially the president of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is the head of state of Poland. Their rights and obligations are determined in the Constitution of Pola ...
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Bronisław Komorowski Bronisław Maria Komorowski (; born 4 June 1952) is a Polish politician and historian who served as President of Poland from 2010 to 2015. Komorowski served as Minister of Defence from 2000 to 2001. As Marshal of the Sejm, Komorowski exercis ...
. Member of the International Auschwitz Council. Abp. Józef ŻycińskiMetropolitan of Lublin, theologian, philosopher, member of the Polish Academy of Science, member of the Papal Culture Council, Great Chancellor of the
Lublin Catholic University John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin ( pl, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, la, Universitas Catholica Lublinensis Ioannis Pauli II, abbreviation KUL), established in 1918. It is the only private college in Poland with the s ...
, lecturer at
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and Oxford Universities.


International Committee

The statutes allow an International Committee to ensure that the functioning of the Foundation is completely transparent to the public and to its benefactors. The members of the Committee come from countries and institutions which contributed to the creation of the Perpetual Capital Fund. The International Committee has constant access to information about the work of the Foundation, and assesses the work of the Foundation and examines its plans at special sessions. No changes to the Foundation's statutes will be possible without first consulting with the Committee. As per 2021, the International Committee members were delegates (mostly in the rank of ambassadors) of the following countries (in the alphabetical order): Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, and USA.


Management Board

The Management Board manages the Foundation's activities and represents it externally. It consists of one to six members appointed by the Foundation's Council for three-year terms of office. Piotr Cywiński, PhD – President of the Management Board and also Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, long-serving secretary of the International Auschwitz Council. Historian (PhD) specialising in medieval ages and Second World War periods. For the years 2000–2010 served as president of the Warsaw Club of Catholic Intelligentsia (KIK). Łukasz Rozdeiczer-Kryszkowski – Vice-President of the Foundation's Management Board. Lawyer, graduate of Harvard,
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, and
Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
universities, lecturer in law at
Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...
. Wojciech Soczewica - Director General Elwir Świętochowski - Member of the Board, Financial Director


Former members of the Management Board

Rafał Pióro– deputy director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum responsible for the preservation of the site, collections and archives; former head of the Preservation Department at the Museum; and creator of the conservation workshops and laboratories at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.


Financial Committee

The Financial Committee, consisting of renowned experts in the field of safe fund investing, advises the Foundation's Management Board on fund investing strategy. The objective of the commission's members is to: coordinate and oversee the financial work of the Auschwitz—Birkenau Foundation; selectively choose the appropriate banking institution in which the endowment fund shall be deposited; develop recommendations for investing the
Perpetual Capital Perpetual, meaning "eternal", may refer to: Christianity * Perpetual curacy, a type of Christian priesthood in Anglicanism * Perpetual virginity of Mary, one of the four Marian dogmas in Catholicism Finance *Perpetual bond, a bond that pays ...
; cooperate with companies that specialize in such investments. Chairman:
Józef Wancer Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...
. Members: Ludmiła Falak-Cyniak, Alfred Finz, Włodzimierz Grudziński, Peter Hommelhoff, Antoni F. Reczek, Ekkehard Thiesler and Claude Trink.


See also

* Auschwitz-Birkenau * International Auschwitz Council


References


External links


Official website of Foundation
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Foundation's Statutes
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