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Curatorial guided tour through the exhibition “Helena Rubinstein. First Lady of Beauty”
In Polish. Free admission. Space is limited, registration required: zapisy@galicjaold.local
“They Spoke and Did Everything Like We Did, Only on Sundays They Didn’t Go to Church with Us – the Podhale History of Neighbors” – Lecture by Dr. Karolina Panz
To each one of us, the region of Podhale contains a certain set of more or less idyllic images. Only a few imagine the stories of Podhale Jews. During the meeting, Dr. Karolina Panz will present the history of Polish and Jewish neighbors in the region of Podhale, in the most turbulent time, from 1936 […]
“Helena Rubinstein’s Krakow” – Online lecture by Dr. Edyta Gawron
In the second half of the 19th century, Krakow experienced a series of changes as did its inhabitants. For the Jewish community, which made up approximately 30% of the city’s population, this was a time of new opportunities, but also new challenges. Some of the changes at the turn of the 19th and 20th century […]
Personal Things: About Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Attitudes during the Holocaust
As part of the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, we would like to invite you to a discussion on the topic of herstory in the context of the Holocaust history education. Participants: • Larysa Michalska – educator, coordinator of various projects in the fields of history education and human rights at the Humanity […]
Screening of the film “Complicit”, a discussion with the survivors, and a meeting with the director, Robert Krakow
On May 13, 1939 the SS St. Louis began a voyage from Hamburg to Havana. There were 937 people on board, including 930 of Jewish descent, and their goal was to escape from the territory of the Third Reich. Upon arrival in Cuba, it turned out that the immigration documents of the ship’s passengers had […]
Day Care Center for Seniors from Ukraine
At the beginning of October, a day care center for seniors from Ukraine, fleeing to Poland from the Russian aggression that began in February, was launched at the Galicia Jewish Museum. The day care center is a response to the needs of many who, due to the language barrier and finding themselves in a new […]
“Helena Rubinstein. First Lady of Beauty.” – training session for city guides
On October 25th, 2022, the Galicia Jewish Museum opened a new temporary exhibition titled “Helena Rubinstein. First Lady of Beauty.” This is the first exhibition about Helena Rubinstein to be ever presented in Poland, and it was created by the Galicia Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Jewish Museum Vienna. The exhibition depicts the unusual […]
Curatorial guided tour through the exhibition “Helena Rubinstein. First Lady of Beauty”
In Polish. Free admission. Space is limited. Registration required: zapisy@galicjaold.local
Screening of the film “Edge of Light” and a conversation with the director, Wojciech Szumowski
Led by: Anita Piotrowska “Edge of Light” is a story of how a small community in the region of Podhale, which is assembled around Dariusz Popiela, is trying to reclaim its memory. Dariusz Popiela is a slalom canoeist and a multiple – Polish, European, and World Champion, an Olympic medal winner, and founder of the […]
