International Auschwitz Committee

Formed by survivors of the Auschwitz death camp

Holocaust survivor David Faber speaks to Sailors on board Naval Base Coronado (May 3, 2006)

The International Auschwitz Committee was formed by survivors of the Auschwitz death camp in 1952 for the support of the survivors and to fight racism and anti-Semitism. The committee's mission was to maintain contact with survivors on both sides of the Iron Curtain and serve as an outreach program to young adults in the community. Its secretary is now based in Berlin (German: Koordinationsbüro des IAK).

People

• Former chairman and honorary chairman was Kurt Goldstein (1914–2007).
• Tadeusz Hołuj (1916–1985), former secretary general
• Roman Kent (1929–2021), former president ^[1]
• Felix Kolmer (1922–2022), former executive vice-president ^[2]
• Marian Turski (b. 1926), president since 2021 ^[3]

See also

• International concentration camp committees

References

1. Berger, Joseph (May 21, 2021). "Roman Kent, Who Reminded the World of the Holocaust, Dies at 92". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
2. Gross, Tom (August 5, 2022). "Felix Kolmer, Terezin and Auschwitz survivor, dies age 100" – via TheJC.com.
3. "Marian Turski elected new President of International Auschwitz Committee". June 21, 2021 – via Eurojewcong.

Further reading

• Goldstein, Kurt Julius (1999). Wir sind die letzten, fragt uns [We're the Last, Ask Us] (in German). Friedrich-Martin Balzer. ISBN 9783891443620. OCLC 122260056. Collected writings.

External links

• International Auschwitz Committee
• The Coordinating Office of the IAC
• The Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation (January 20, 2009)