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Photos from the Jar – new website accompanying the exhibition “Sweet Home Sweet. A Story of Survival, Memory, and Returns”
“When my father was in the Kraków Ghetto he was still taking photos, and those photos were buried in Plaszow and discovered after the war. He hid them in a glass jar in Plaszow. So I sat with him in his home with these photographs and I asked him who everyone was in the photo. […]
Family Sunday: “Bah Bah. Iran for the Inquisitive” – meeting and workshop with the author of the book, Albert Kwiatkowski
Deserts burnt by the sun and shady gardens; turquoise mines and bustling bazaars; ziggurats from before thousands of years covered in sand and clay cities resembling labyrinths – welcome to Iran! This is the country of the first cosmic female tourist, the most famous doctor in the world, and one of the most genius female […]
Meeting with Rafał Kowalski, author of the book “Reszta ciała” (“The Rest of the Body”)
Led by: Monika Ochędowska On-site event “Reszta ciała” (“The Rest of the Body”) is a publication which includes reportages about a few generations (grandparents, their children, and grandchildren), which are connected by the town of Płock and by Poland, by their Jewish heritage, by memory, and longing. The author spoke with his heroes in Israel, […]
Between Desire and Contempt. The Historic and Contemporary Images of Jewish Women
On-site event Part of the project “(In)separable. Difficult Subjects in Polish-Jewish Relations”, 2021 edition. Many scholars dealing with Jewish themes from the perspective of gender studies point out that a Jewish woman faces dual discrimination: due to her religious and ethnic identity, and because of her gender. How does gender influence the image of Jews? […]
“Jewish Wartime Graves in the Forest of Rząśnik – Building New Rememberance” – Presentation of a project
Led by: Aleksander Schwarz, Agnieszka Nieradko Online event (more information coming soon) The Forgotten Foundation is conducting a project of securing and remembering two Jewish wartime graves on the terrain of the Rząśnik forest in Zambrów County , where 1,500 Jewish women, children, and men were murdered by German gendarmerie in 1941. The meeting will […]
Charity concert for Katarzyna Zimmerer
On-site event Katarzyna Zimmerer – writer, translator, and expert in the history of Krakow’s Jews. For years, she has been cooperating with numerous institutions, including the Galicia Jewish Museum. We can always count on her kindness and support. Currently, Kasia is in a hospital after a fire that broke out in her apartment. The fire […]
Meeting with Dr. Joanna Ostrowska, author of the book “Oni. Homoseksualiści w czasie II wojny światowej” (“They. Homosexuals during the Second World War”)
Led by: Paulina Małochleb Online event (more information coming soon) It is our fault that “They” do not exist; they were erased by post-war phantasms which were fueled by Nazi propaganda and perverse wartime and camp gossip. The stories which are in this book are only an excerpt, a sample of hundreds of stories which […]
Concert: Grupa na Swoim
On-site event A band created by mountain lovers and gadabouts will take you to an unforgettable journey on the trails in Bieszczady and Bieskidy. The concert will be a Krakow premiere of the second album of the band. The band: Tomek Bory Borkowski – guitar, vocals Arek Piechowski – cello, ukulele, vocals Romek Vorbrodt – […]
Guided tour: “KL Plaszow – A Story Written in the Archives”
Led by: Kamil Karski (KL Plaszow Museum) This guided tour is the second part of the meeting to take place in the Galicia Jewish Museum. The tour will focus on the reconstruction of the history of the camp and the fates of its prisoners, based on archival documents such as plans, prisoner files, photographs, memoirs […]
