Mission
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation works to prevent genocide by building a worldwide community of policymakers with the tools and the commitment to respond to conflict before it turns into genocide.
Throughout history, genocide has caused the death of more human beings than all wars and murders combined. In light of the international community's failure to prevent the mass slaughter of innocent civilians in the 20th and 21st centuries, AIPR has dedicated itself to building a community of government policymakers, military leaders, civil society activists, and academic researchers with the knowledge and the capacity to cooperate across borders in advancing justice, building peace, and strengthening rule of law.
The work of the Auschwitz Institute represents a challenge to Albert Einstein's statement of 1934: "The brotherhood of the well-intentioned exists even though it is impossible to organize it anywhere." To this end, AIPR operates two main programs: the Raphael Lemkin Center for the Prevention of Genocide and the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Advanced Holocaust Education.
Raphael Lemkin Center for the Prevention of Genocide
The Raphael Lemkin Center, established in partnership with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, is building a worldwide network of policymakers with the tools and the commitment to prevent genocide. The Lemkin seminars on genocide prevention bring government policymakers, military leaders, and NGO activists to the Holocaust site of Auschwitz in Poland for education and training by the field's leading scholars and practitioners. To learn more, click here.
Raoul Wallenberg Center for Advanced Holocaust Education
The Raoul Wallenberg Center, established in partnership with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, is building a worldwide network of policymakers with an awareness of the importance of Holocaust education and memorialization for the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities. The Wallenberg seminars on advanced Holocaust education bring culture and education officials to the Holocaust site of Auschwitz in Poland for education and training by the field's leading scholars and practitioners. To learn more, click here.
History
The concept of the Auschwitz Institute was introduced to the public at the January 2004 Stockholm International Forum, Preventing Genocide: Threats and Responsibilities, where it received strong backing from government, academic, religious, and business leaders. The establishment of the AIPR was approved unanimously at the 2004 spring meeting of the International Auschwitz Council and the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. AIPR acquired legal status as a 501(c)(3) in 2007.
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Albert Einstein
2004 Stockholm Conference