Opening of the exhibition by Chuck Fishman in Nakło
Chuck Fishman is an acclaimed American photographer and one of the most important chroniclers of Jewish life in Poland, documenting it from the 1970s through the early decades of the 21st century.
In 2018, together with the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, we created an exhibition of Fishman’s photographs spanning the years 1975–2018. “RE-GENERATION: Jewish Life in Poland” was subsequently presented in Warsaw and Kraków.
Now, this extraordinary photographic record of Jewish life in Poland will be on display at the Silesian Cultural Centre in Nakło Śląskie.
The exhibition opens on Thursday, October 1, 2026, at 5:30 p.m.
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Opening of the exhibition by Chuck Fishman in Nakło
Chuck Fishman is an acclaimed American photographer and one of the most important chroniclers of Jewish life in Poland, documenting it from the 1970s through the early decades of the 21st century. In 2018, together with the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, we created an exhibition of Fishman’s photographs spanning the years 1975–2018. “RE-GENERATION: Jewish Life in Poland” was subsequently presented in Warsaw and Kraków. Now, this extraordinary photographic record of Jewish life in Poland will be on display at the Silesian Cultural Centre in Nakło Śląskie. The exhibition opens on Thursday, October 1, 2026, at 5:30 p.m.
Film screening: “Pink Lady”
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