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“Alive and Destroyed: A Meditation on the Holocaust in Time” – meeting with Jason Francisco, author of the book
7 pm CET | 8 pm IST | 1 pm EST | 10 am PST Online event Led by: Tomasz Strug ZOOM link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s1YlKHwbSMeWlH5q5Ttpqw Alive and Destroyed contemplates the long aftermath of the twentieth century’s most notorious crime, drawing on contemporary scholarship, with a focus on dispersed and remote locations in the Holocaust’s vast geography. […]
“The Girl Who Could Not Hate” – meeting with Ms. Lidia Maksymowicz, the heroine and co-author of the book
On-site event Led by: Karolina Dudek We would like to invite you to a meeting with one of the last living witnesses to history. Ms. Lidia Maksymowicz, as she says herself, survived Auschwitz thanks to the courage and devotion of her mother, and thanks to numerous coincidences. She is the longest living child among Auschwitz […]
MemAct! Online Seminar: Teaching about the Holocaust in Contemporary Poland. Context and Narratives
Thursday, 20.01.2022 14.00 CET 15.00 IST 13.00 GMT 8.00 am EST 7.00 am CST 5.00 am PST 21.00 AWST 23.30 ACDT Friday, 21.01.2022 00.00 AEDT 2.00 am NZDT MemAct! Online Seminar: Teaching about the Holocaust in Contemporary Poland. Context and Narratives The Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow is pleased to invite you to participate in […]
Personal Stories, Accounts, Testimonies: A meeting with Ms. Lidia Maksymowicz, a former prisoner of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp
On-site event As part of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations, we would like to invite you to meet one of the last few living people who survived the Auschwitz camp. Ms. Lidia Maksymowicz, as she says herself, survived thanks to the courage and devotion of her mother, and thanks to numerous coincidences. She was […]
International Holocaust Remembrance Day – Guided tour of the exhibition “10 Polish Cities—10 Jewish Stories”
On-site event January 27th is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which marks the liberation of the labor and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. To commemorate this day we would like to invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition “10 Polish Cities—10 Jewish Stories”. The tour is free of charge and will take place in three […]
Online guided 3D tour of the exhibition “Traces of Memory”
18.00 CET | 9.00 PST | 11:00 CST | 12.00 EST | 17.00 GMT | 19.00 IST Online event The permanent exhibition of the Galicia Jewish Museum, “Traces of Memory” (updated in 2016), presents the richness and diversity of Jewish life in southern Poland before the Shoah in big cities such as Kraków and Tarnów […]
A Multicultural Bedtime Story – online meeting for children
Online event Together with State Street Foundation we would like to invite you to the land of fairy tales and stories from the multicultural region of Lesser Poland. Sit comfortably in your armchairs with your favorite teddy bear and a mug of your favorite drink, and listen to the amazing Lemko, Ukrainian , Jewish, and […]
A Different Museum: Alternative Guided Tours at the Galicia Jewish Museum
On-site event One exhibition. One item. One story. The Galicia Jewish Museum currently presents six different exhibitions: “Traces of Memory. A Contemporary Look at the Jewish Past in Poland”, “An Unfinished Memory: Jewish Heritage and the Holocaust in Eastern Galicia”, “10 Polish Cities—10 Jewish Stories”, “Sweet Home Sweet: A Story of Survival, Memory, and Returns”, […]
Looking back at 2021. 7 special projects
Dear Friends, As the year slowly ends, I would like to share with you my subjective list of the seven most important things that happened at the Galicia Jewish Museum in 2021. The projects listed below are all part of larger and longer programs, often created in close cooperation with partners from Poland or abroad. […]
