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“The Future of the Past”. New Technologies and Commemorations
The development of technology and creation of innovative devices allowing us to document various spaces and create new forms of commemoration, are extremely important in studies on memory. The latest devices, especially digital tools, allow us to create a completely new layer of relations and borrowings, based on the already existing archives of memory. These […]
A premiere of an animated film titled “Shielding the Flame” and a broadcast of an online meeting with Hanna Krall (organized by the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews)
A narrative of this film, based on the famous book “Shielding the Flame” by Hanna Krall, takes place in three timeframes: during the Second World War, where we get to know the fate of young Marek Edelman, member of Jewish resistance and the last leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; in the 1960’s, when he […]
Daffodil as Symbol of Remembrance
As part of the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the Galicia Jewish Museum has yet again joined the Daffodil Project. Marek Edelman, the last leader of the Jewish Combat Organization, who survived war and occupation, for many years commemorated these events and each year he used to come to the […]
André Ochodlo & The Odem’s Quintet – GHETTO SONGS
A concert commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising André Ochodlo is one of the most known and acknowledged contemporary singers performing Yiddish songs. He performed concerts in almost all of Europe, the US, Canada, and Israel. Lately, he received acclaim for his concert at the famous Viennese jazz club Porgy & Bess […]
Screening of a film “A Holocaust Journey: Lessons We Learned” and a meeting with its director, Lisa Reznik
“A Holocaust Journey: Lessons We Learned” presents a group of non-Jewish students from Morristown, NJ who traveled with their professors to Germany and Poland with the aim of trying to comprehend the reality of the Holocaust. The students had the privilege of traveling with a Holocaust survivor who shared his family’s testimony. As part of […]
“Widok zza bliska. Inne oblicza Zagłady” (“Terribly Close: Polish Vernacular Artists Face the Holocaust”), Roma Sendyka, Erica Lehrer, Wojciech Wilczyk, Magdalena Zych. A meeting promoting the book
The publication “Widok zza bliska. Inne oblicza Zagłady” presents the results of a unique investigation on the post-war, “folk” art objects. The main question was: what does this form of art say about the Shoah, which took place in the area, not in large cities? What was noticed by the artists, what was remembered? Facing […]
Curatorial guided tour through the exhibition “Helena Rubinstein. First Lady of Beauty”
In Polish. Free admission. Space is limited. Registration required: zapisy@galiciajewishmuseum.org
Film screening: “Two Trees in Jerusalem”
“Two Trees in Jerusalem” is an animated documentary produced by Humanity in Action. The film tells the unusual story of a German couple, Eberhard and Donata Helmrich, who saved the lives of many Jews of Berlin and Western Europe during the Shoah. The narrator of the film is Cornelia, the daughter of the main heroes. […]
“Helena Rubinstein: An Icon of Popculture” – Lecture by Rafał Stanowski
PLEASE, NOTE: Due to circumstances beyond organizers’ control, this lecture has been cancelled. Led by: Rafał Stanowski (Lounge Magazyn / Fundacja Liberty Art) During the meeting we will follow the fate of Helena Rubinstein, which has been reflected in film, music, comic books, or photography. Helena Rubinstein and her brand went far beyond the framework […]
