Auschwitz Memorial asks for donations as pandemic strains finances

Reuters|
The Auschwitz Memorial is appealing for donations after it was forced to close to visitors as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, putting its financial situation under severe strain.
The Memorial preserves the Auschwitz death camp set up on Polish soil by Nazi Germany during World War Two. More than 1.1 million people, most of them Jews, perished in gas chambers at the camp or from starvation, cold, and disease.
The Memorial has been closed to visitors since March 12. Last year it was visited by around 2.3 million people. It hopes to re-open at the beginning of July.
The Memorial said it needed donations to continue educational and research projects after its 2020 budget "collapsed". In 2019 it had a total budget of 113.9 million zlotys ($28.90 million).
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