How To Remember Auschwitz-Birkenau? Wojciech Soczewica on why we must never forget this unique monument to evil
In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the director general of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, Wojciech Soczewica, about how to visit - both in person and online - this unique monument to evil.
A graduate of the Institute of International Relations at the University of Warsaw and the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then in the Office of the Prime Minister's Plenipotentiary for International Dialogue. In 2013-2015, Director of the International Cooperation Team in the Office of the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights. Since November 2015, Deputy Director for International Cooperation at the Warsaw City Hall. Since January 2019, Director General of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation.
Name as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.
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