Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation

Our Mission

The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR): building a worldwide network of leaders with the professional tools and the personal commitment to prevent genocide.

In the 20th century, genocide caused the death of more human beings than all wars combined. In light of the international community’s failure to prevent the mass killing of innocent civilians, the Auschwitz Institute is dedicated to fostering a community of government, military, civil society, and academic leaders with the knowledge and the capacity to cooperate across borders to deter and halt genocide.

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.”

The concept of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation 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 AIPR as a nonprofit in Poland was approved at the June 2005 meeting of the International Auschwitz Council of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, and AIPR acquired legal status as a 501(c)(3) in the United States in January 2007.