21.11.2025, 18.00

New Perspectives. A Contemporary Reading of History: A People’s History. A meeting with Prof. Andrzej Chwalba, Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak, and Prof. Adam Leszczyński

Led by: Michał Nogaś For a few years now, one of the dominant themes in the Polish public debate on history is people’s history. From “Prześniona rewolucja” by Andrzej Leder, through “Ludowa historia Polski” by Adam Leszczyński, “Chamstwo” by Kacper Pobłocki, “Cham i pan” by Andrzej Chwalba and Wojciech Harpula, to the bestselling

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18.11.2025, 18.00

“Między oknami. Opowieści polsko-żydowskie” (“In Between Windows. Polish-Jewish Stories”) – a meeting with author of the book, Rafał Kowalski

Led by: Anna Goc The book includes stories more or less connected with the town of Płock; however, they are also about the entire world: from the story of the Themerson family, through a report on Chawa Złoczewer (also known as Eve Adams), whose fate crossed with the fate of Małgorzata Gałkowska, a Płock-born actress

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17.11.2025, 12.00

“Henryk Reiss Must Cease to Exist” – Curatorial Guided Tour

Led by: Anna Wencel The exhibition “Henryk Reiss Must Cease to Exist” presents the dramatic story of the Reiss family— Henryk, his wife Łucja, and their daughter Elżunia— who hid their Jewish identity during the Second World War and the Holocaust. The exhibition is based on Henryk Reiss’s postwar memoirs and the family’s collection of

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