Historical figures in Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
The atlas holds 4 people and 5 moments here, from 1944 to 2006. The most recorded lives are Anne Frank, Pablo Picasso and Pope John Paul II. Among them Educators, Writers and Philosophers, across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Notable people
Anne Frank
in 1944
2 moments here
Anne Frank was a German-born Jewish diarist whose writing from hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam became The Diary of a Young Girl.…
Pablo Picasso
in 1948
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Pope Benedict XVI
in 2006
1 moment here
Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), Pope Benedict XVI, was a German Catholic theologian, archbishop, cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the…
Pope John Paul II
in 1979
1 moment here
Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…
Moments
- 1944 Arrival and imprisonment at Auschwitz-Birkenau Anne Frank
- 1944 Selection for transport from Auschwitz Anne Frank
- 1948 Visits Auschwitz and Birkenau Pablo Picasso
- 1979 Visit to Auschwitz Pope John Paul II
- 2006 Auschwitz-Birkenau prayer Pope Benedict XVI