“Promoting Polish Culture Abroad” – funding from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

The project “Presenting the Temporary Exhibition Sweet Home Sweet. A Story of Survival, Memory, and Returns at the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre in South Africa” received funding from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the “Promoting Polish Culture Abroad” program. The aim of the project

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26.01.2026, 18.00

“Chciałabym opowiedzieć, jak zginęło miasto…” (“I Would Like to Tell You, How a City Perished…”). Meeting with Karolina Panz, author of the book

Led by: Marta Duch-Dyngosz The book is the result of years of research, based on thousands of documents, photographs, letters, and archival records. From scattered traces, the author recreates the life and destruction of the Jewish community of Nowy Targ – a world that ceased to exist but left behind numerous traces. From patiently collected

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25.01.2026, 15.00

Helena and Maria. A Story on “Aryan Papers”, Friendship, and Memory. Meeting with Krystyna Nowak

Led by: Dr. Katarzyna Suszkiewicz In 1995, Maria Nowak (1920-2020), a pharmacist from Kraków, was awarded the Righteous Among the Nations medal for saving the life of her school friend, Helena Goldstein (1920-1986). We would like to invite you to a meeting with Krystyna Nowak, Maria’s daughter, who will tell us more about the tragic

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