Preserving the Tragic Legacy: Auschwitz Museum's Efforts to Save 8,000 Children's Shoes.

The Auschwitz museum has launched a two-year project to preserve 8,000 children's shoes worn by those murdered in the concentration and extermination camp during World War II. The shoes are scanned, photographed, and cataloged in a database. The conservation work aims to render the shoes as close to their original state as possible. The project is funded by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation and the International March of the Living. The shoes serve as powerful testimony to the tragedy of the Holocaust and the enormous scale of the crimes committed.