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Design and Architecture

The Future of Auschwitz

Auschwitz has become shorthand for the horrors of the Holocaust. Now, nearly 70 years after the Second World War ended, there is an ongoing debate about how to properly preserve Birkenau, or Auschwitz II.

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By Frances Anderton • Nov 4, 2014 • 1 min read

Auschwitz has become shorthand for the horrors of the Holocaust. Now, nearly 70 years after the Second World War ended, there is an ongoing debate about how to properly preserve Birkenau, or Auschwitz II.

"Thinking the Future of Auschwitz," is now on show at SCI-Arc. KCRW’s Avishay Artsy explores their thinking and the challenge of memorializing this site.

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Caroline Chamberlain

    KUOW

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    Russell Thomsen

    IDEA

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    Michael Berenbaum

    Holocaust Historian

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    Mark Rothman

    Friends of Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation

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