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New Perspectives: A Contemporary Reading of History – War, Genocide and Chaos. A meeting with Katarzyna Surmiak-Domańska and Prof. Marcin Zaremba
Led by: Dr. Jacek Stawiski We would like to invite you to a discussion from the series “New Perspectives: A Contemporary Reading of History”. The guests of the first debate of the series will be Katarzyna Surmiak-Domańska and Prof. Marcin Zaremba. “Entangled in Fear: Everyday Terror in Poland, 1944-1947” (English publication: Indiana University Press, 2022) […]
Melodies Which Never Died Down – The Jewish Composers of Polish Music. Led by: Olga Adamowskab
The lecture will be devoted to the input of Jewish musicians in Polish music, from the composers and virtuosos of the 19th century to the creators of film and theatre music of the 20th century and the contemporary artists of the present. Among the presented persons, the audience will get to know more about, for […]
Guided Tour: The Sounds of the City – On Music and Musicians in Kraków and Kazimierz. Led by: Bartosz Wencel
Led by: Bartosz Wencel Starting point: Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18 What is the sound of Kraków? Is it sacral music? Jazz? Or maybe you can hear politics, or society? What about classical music? The city changes its sounds, tones, and chords depending on who is playing and what instruments or voice they are […]
Film screening and a meeting with Bernard Offen, a Holocaust Survivor
We would like to invite you to a meeting with Bernard Offen, who survived the ghetto, the Nazi German camps Plaszow and Auschwitz, and other concentration camps. The meeting will be preceded by a screening of one of the documentaries directed by Bernard Offen. The film is in Polish. The meeting will be held in […]
Film screening and a meeting with Bernard Offen, a Holocaust Survivor
We would like to invite you to a meeting with Bernard Offen, who survived the ghetto, the Nazi German camps Plaszow and Auschwitz, and other concentration camps. The meeting will be preceded by a screening of one of the documentaries directed by Bernard Offen. The film is in Polish. The meeting will be held in […]
Guided tour: Satchels, Nibs, Notebooks – On Schools and Students in the District of Kazimierz and in Krakow
Led by: Bartosz Wencel Cheder, yeshivah, Bet ha’Midrash – these are the words we usually use to describe Jewish education. But was it exclusively limited to such institutions? The schools attended by the Jewish citizens of our city before and after the war were far more diverse. During this city tour, we will tell the […]
“If You Survive, Tell the People” – exhibition opening and a meeting with the creators of the project
The Galicia Jewish Museum and the Cosinus Art High School (Liceum Sztuk Plastycznych Cosinus) would like to invite you to the opening of an exhibition of photography created as part of the “Inspired by the Story of Irit Amiel” project. The exhibition opening will be accompanied by a conversation with Justyna Kuśnierzowska, the founder and […]
Night of the Museums at the Galicia Jewish Museum
Entry ticket: 5 PLN 18:00 “The Crown As a Symbol in Culture” – art workshop for children On the 1000th anniversary of the coronation of Bolesław Chrobry, we would like to invite all children aged 5-7 to an art workshop “The Crown As a Symbol in Culture”. During the workshop, the children will discover the […]
“Menachem Mendel of Rymanów and his times” – meeting with the authors of the book
Since 2008, Rymanów has been home to “Remembrance Days of the Jewish Community of Rymanów”, organised by the “Meeting-Rymanów” Association, during which the organisers endeavour to preserve the memory of the Jewish inhabitants of the town. The ‘festival” has since developed its traditions and achievements, acknowledged by the Rymanów Jews living abroad, the local community, […]
