--- title: "Auschwitz, the Exhibition" description: "The Auschwitz exhibition after completing a successful run in Madrid is now in the United States" url: "https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/auschwitz-the-exhibition" date: "2026-07-27T23:29:10+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # Auschwitz, the Exhibition ![Zyklon B gas, a pest-killer easy to transport and use, would soon became their best allied due to its efficiency and low cost. On September 3-5, 1941 Auschwitz-Birkenau hosted the first experiments with this gas, used up to then against lice and other insects. After penetrating the lungs through inhalation, Zyklon B caused in its victims excruciating pain, violent convulsions and, finally, a heart attack.](https://www.normandy1944.info/images/blog/2020/DSC_7199.jpg)Zyklon B gas, a pest-killer easy to transport and use, would soon became their best allied due to its efficiency and low cost. On September 3-5, 1941 Auschwitz-Birkenau hosted the first experiments with this gas, used up to then against lice and other insects. After penetrating the lungs through inhalation, Zyklon B caused in its victims excruciating pain, violent convulsions and, finally, a heart attack. [](#) [](#) - [](#) Auschwitz was the largest and most lethal of all the German Nazi concentration and extermination camps. More than 1,100,000 people were murdered behind its barbed-wire fences between May 1940 and January 1945 in a systematic and industrialized fashion. Boys and girls, women and men, most of them Jewish of different nationalities, were deported there, murdered, turned into slaves, numbers, dehumanized and humiliated. For the first time in History, [**more than 700 original objects** ](http://auschwitz.net/en/auschwitz-collection/)are shown in the first travelling exhibition about Auschwitz co-produced by Musealia and the [Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum](http://auschwitz.org/en/), a moving and accurate tour through one of the darkest chapters of the History of Humankind that will certainly stir the world’s conscience. Through this daunting selection of objects **from more than 20 institutions and museums all over the world**, the Auschwitz exhibition portrays the complex reality of the notorious camp, universal symbol of the Nazi horror, and the world of victims and perpetrators with a clear goal – **to elucidate how such a place could come into being** and dig into how its existence has determined our present worldview. The exhibition is now open in New York City, at the **Museum of Jewish Heritage**, after completing a successful run in Madrid, where it was extended two times, drew more than 600,000 visitors, and was one of the most visited exhibitions in Europe last year. **WARNING: We are sorry to communicate that the exhibition is temporarily closed in order to support New York City’s effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.** ### Address As of May 8, 2019 **Museum of Jewish Heritage** Edmond J. Safra Plaza 36 Battery Place New York, NY 10280 --- Additional info --- --- ![Auschwitz, the Exhibition](https://www.normandy1944.info/images/blog/2020/Captura-de-pantalla-2017-09-28-a-las-190058.png)Zyklon B gas, a pest-killer easy to transport and use, would soon became their best allied due to its efficiency and low cost. On September 3-5, 1941 Auschwitz-Birkenau hosted the first experiments with this gas, used up to then against lice and other insects. After penetrating the lungs through inhalation, Zyklon B caused in its victims excruciating pain, violent convulsions and, finally, a heart attack. [ Visit the website or page ](http://auschwitz.net/ "Auschwitz, the Exhibition") [ Add your blog post! ](https://www.normandy1944.info/contact#contact) --- - [](https://www.facebook.com/Normandy1944) - [](https://www.instagram.com/Normandy1944) - [](https://www.threads.com/@normandy1944) Share this article on your socials --- Post has been read: 2557 times --- Published on: 29 April 2020 ## Personal view or conclusion on this post Highly recommended! A must see Exhibition. Wonderfully done with great respect. 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