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The ‘Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska’ Award announced for 2021

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

Call For Papers: Bridging Divides. Rupture and Continuity in Polish Jewish History

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Rosh Hashanah 5782

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See images and writings from the Łódź Ghetto in the collection of the Jewish Historical Institute

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

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.
”Trying to dispel the myth”. Katarzyna Person on Jewish Order Service for “Times of Israel”

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.
A walk in hell. Photos by Heinrich Jost from 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?
"Treblinka must cease to exist." Read the account of the rebellion at the extermination camp on August 2, 1943

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.
Hidden Image. Vilna Gaon – visit the temporary exhibition from October 22nd

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.
Visit the JHI permanent exhibition "What we’ve been unable to shout out to the world" with your Explainit personal guide

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.
Jews in the Warsaw Uprising

On 1st August, 1944 at 5pm an uprising broke out in Warsaw. Among the fighters were also Jews. Some of them had participated previously in the bloodily suppressed uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto and then in guerrilla fights in the forests. The autonomous platoon of the Jewish Fighting Organisation belonging to Armia Ludowa (People's Army) was the only strictly Jewish fighting formation among the insurgents.
"They catch people in the streets." Beginning of the great deportation from the Warsaw Ghetto, July 22, 1942

79 years ago, the worst predictions of the inhabitants of the Warsaw ghetto came true. The Germans began the "relocation to the east" – a mass deportation of Jews through the Umschlagplatz to the gas chambers of the Treblinka extermination camp. About 300,000 Jews were murdered by September 21.
Anniversary of the Jedwabne pogrom

80 years ago, Polish inhabitants of Jedwabne had brutally murdered their Jewish neighbours.
"The teachers sacrificed along with the children." The 22nd of July March of Remembrance

‘This year’s March of Remembrance is dedicated to the teachers. In the ghetto’s extreme conditions, they still believed in the importance of education and moral standards they were teaching. Until the very last moments before deportations they accompanied their students in reading and writing lessons or preparations to their graduations exams. Many of them joined the pupils in their last journey to the Umschlagplatz,’ says Monika Krawczyk, Director of the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, about the heroes of our annual 22nd of July March of Remembrance. The event will start at 6 pm CET at Umschlagplatz Memorial, 10 Stawki Street, Warsaw.
Does anyone know the Wulkan family from Oświęcim? JHI Genealogy asks for help

We are looking for the descendants of the family Wulkan from Oświęcim. We received a letter with the information that Mr Ireneusz from Germany has the machzor (prayer book) which belonged to Aron Wulkan, and he would like the prayer book to be returned to the family.
May 31, 1885. Alter Kacyzne, writer and photographer, is born in Vilnius

Alter Kacyzne — Jewish photographer, writer and columnist — was born on May 31, 1885 in Vilnius. Emanuel Ringelblum dedicated one of his notes from the bunker to him.
Mrs. Stefa – Janusz Korczak’s closest associate

On May 26, we celebrate Mother's Day and the 135th anniversary of the birth of Stefania Wilczyńska, the only "Mother" that the children from the Orphans' Home at ul. Krochmalna. Like Janusz Korczak, "Mrs. Stefa" took care of the children without pay, engaging with all her strength in upbringing and teaching. Stefania Wilczyńska is remembered by Ida Merżan, a dormitory student and associate of the Orphans' Home.
Irenka Kwiatkowska from Warsaw. Maybe someone will recognize her smile? JHI Genealogy asks for help

Simple DNA tests can bring unexpected results that lead to finding a family, identity lost during the war, regaining their first name, fragments of life that seemed to be lost. But not in this case. The research only confirmed that Irenka was a Jewish child. She was adopted by a beautiful family who adopted her and looked after her in later life.
Theatres of Ida Kamińska

On 21 May 1980, Ida Kamińska, the most outstanding – next to her mother, Ester Rachel Kamińska – actress of the Yiddish theater, died in New York.
We begin cooperation with the Museum of Warsaw

On May 20, 2021, the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute and the Museum of Warsaw opened a new chapter in cooperation. The institutions’ directors: Monika Krawczyk and Dr. Karolina Ziębińska-Lewandowska signed an agreement aimed at mutual exchange of knowledge and experience related to the study of the history and heritage of Jews in Warsaw.
Thousands of photos in cardboard folders. A memory of working together with Jan Jagielski

Fight for the preservation of monuments, trips with a camera all over Poland, tedious work in the archives. Jan Jagielski, a long-time employee of the Jewish Historical Institute, was one of the people who did the most to maintain and collect the documentation of Jewish synagogues and cemeteries. Dr. Eleonora Bergman, director of the Institute from 2007 to 2011, recalls their joint achievements.
New regulations for using JHI collections – note

All cases regarding the access to the JHI collections, started before February 2021 (and earlier), i.e. when the old regulations on the use of the JHI collections were in force, should be completed by the end of June this year.
A valuable discovery in the Jewish Historical Institute building

Marks left by a fire, which broke out in the building of the Main Judaic Library after the destruction of the Great Synagogue on May 16, 1943, are still visible on the floor in the main hall of the building at Tłomackie 3/5 Street. A recent renovation revealed that it’s not the only testimony of the events from over 75 years ago.
Traces of fire from May 16, 1943. Restoration of the historic floor at the JHI

“The former Jewish residential district in Warsaw has ceased to exist. The great action ended with the blowing up of the Warsaw synagogue at 20:15. " Thus, in a report to SS-Obergruppenführer and General of Police Krüger of May 16, 1943, Jürgen Stroop described the demolition of the Great Synagogue in Tłomackie. As a result of the fire, its flames also burst into the neighboring building of the Main Judaic Library, now the seat of the Jewish Historical Institute. Despite the passage of over 75 years, traces of damage can be seen on the floor in the Institute’s hall.
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