Weary refugees from Ukraine find shelter near Auschwitz

Ukrainian refugees who have nowhere to go, after arriving by bus from Przemysl, speak at the International Youth Meeting Center, around two kilometres away from the former Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, where they are provided with temporary accommodation, in Oswiecim, Poland, March 13, 2022. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

OSWIECIM, Poland (Reuters) - A youth education centre near Auschwitz dedicated to preserving memories of World War Two and the Holocaust has opened its doors to help refugees fleeing war in the present.

Days after leaving her home city of Nikopol in southern Ukraine with her mother and three you, Tamila Tvardovska could finally set her heavy bags down and rest.