U.S. pledges $15 million to preserve site of concentration camp

U.S. pledges $15 million to preserve site of concentration camp


CNN
July 4, 2010

The United States will donate $15 million to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, pending congressional authorization and appropriations, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday.

Speaking at the Schindler Factory Museum in Krakow, Poland, Clinton said the contribution will go to preserve the site of the concentration camp and “demonstrates America’s commitment to Holocaust education, remembrance and research,” the State Department said.

Some 1.1 million people perished at the Auschwitz-Berkenau concentration camp.

Because the camp was initially constructed as a temporary place, the buildings and other artifacts at Auschwitz-Birkenau are deteriorating, the State Department said.