We know the laureate of the ‘Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska’ Award for 2021!

We invite you to send abstracts to the conference organized on the 75th anniversary of the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute. The conference will be held in English.

Today at sundown begins the most important Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. A two-day long holiday, also known as the "day of blowing the horn," will last until sunset on September 8.

Out of all the ghettos in occupied Poland, the Łódź Ghetto survived the longest – until August 1944. It was, however, likewise doomed to extermination. 77 years ago the Germans completed the deportation of its inhabitants to Auschwitz. We encourage you to view and read the rich materials from the Łódź Ghetto belonging to the collections of the Jewish Historical Institute on our portal – the Central Judaic Library.

We present the Declaration on statements made by Israeli politicians in reaction to the adoption of the amendment to the Code of Administrative Procedure by the Parliament of the Republic of Poland, issued by the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute and The Social and Cultural Association of Jews in Poland.

Katarzyna Person, assistant professor, Jewish Historical Institute, editor of the Complete Edition of the Ringelblum Archive, tells the “Times of Israel” about the Order Service, or the Jewish police in the Warsaw Ghetto.

On 19th September 1941, it was Wehrmacht sergeant Heinrich Jöst’s birthday. He wanted to see how life looked in the Warsaw Ghetto, officially termed by the Germans as the “Jewish residential district”. With his camera he took 140 photos. What did Jöst see “on the other side” of the ghetto wall?

78 years ago, Jewish prisoners of the Treblinka II extermination camp rose up against SS men and guards. The destruction of the extermination center mattered more to them than saving their own lives. Read the story of Samuel Rajzman, who took part in the rebellion and after the war deposited his account at the Jewish Historical Institute.

Rabbi Elijahu ben Shlomo Zalman, known as the Genius (Gaon in Hebrew) from Vilna, was a unique individual in the history of Judaism. As one of the greatest Jewish scholars, he shaped the modern study of the Talmud and participated in the turbulent religious disputes of his time. His fame radiated all over Europe. We present the preview of the temporary exhibition at the Jewish Historical Institute, which we will be opened on October 22nd, 2021.

Use the Explainit app while visiting the permanent exhibition "What we’ve been unable to shout out to the world" at the Jewish Historical Institute. The exhibition is dedicated to the Underground Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto and its creators from the secret organization Oneg Shabbat. Scan QR codes at the exhibition and listen to recordings on your smartphone.