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Doomed to resist? A special event marking the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Berlin
Join us for a symposium organized in cooperation with the Pilecki Institute and Touro University, that will take place on April 17, 2023 at the Pilecki Institute in Berlin.
Looking at the Ghetto… The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Eighty Years in Retrospect | Conference on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Leipzig and digital
Join us at the conference "»Looking at the Ghetto…« Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto: Eighty Years in Time" organized by the Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow in cooperation with the Jewish Historical Institute, that will be held on April 17-19, 2023 in Leipzig. Among the lecturers there will be Dr. Maria Ferenc, Dr. Karolina Szymaniak, and prof. Andrzej Żbikowski from the JHI Reaserch Department, and Dr. Agnieszka Kajczyk from the Heritage Documentation Department.
Kosher and joyous Passover 5783!
Prof. Paweł Śpiewak, former director of the JHI, has passed away
Yesterday evening we received the sad news about the death of prof. Paweł Śpiewak, historian, sociologist, writer, and former director of the Jewish Historical Institute (2011-2020).
Extended deadline for abstract submissions to the conference «Armed and civilian resistance of Polish Jews during Holocaust»
We have extended deadline for abstract submissions to the conference “Armed and civilian resistance of Polish Jews during Holocaust”, that commemorates 80th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The conference will take place in Warsaw, 16-17 October 2023.
Webinar «Against the Holocaust: Jewish Resistance. Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and examples from the Vilnius region»
We invite you for a webinar for teachers and educators to discuss Jewish resistance to the Holocaust as exemplified by the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and various forms of Jewish resistance in the Vilnius region (Lithuania). The webinar will take place on March 29, 2023 at 3 pm CEST Warsaw/Brussels time.
Call for papers | Armed and civilian resistance of Polish Jews during Holocaust
We invite you to send abstracts to the conference "Armed and civilian resistance of Polish Jews during Holocaust" that commemorates 80th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Application deadline is 25 March 2023. The conference will take place in Warsaw, 16-17 October 2023.
We are searching for authors of photos of Izaak Celnikier
In connection with the preparations for the opening of the exhibition about Izaak Celnikier, we are searching for authors of photographs that we are planning to present.
The book «Każdy pyta, co z nami będzie» by Dr. Maria Ferenc received an honorable mention in The Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research 2022
We are happy to announce that the book "«Każdy pyta, co z nami będzie». Mieszkańcy getta warszawskiego wobec wiadomości o wojnie i Zagładzie” by Dr. Maria Ferenc from the JHI Research Department received an honorable mention from the jury Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research 2022 . The work was published by the JHI Publishing House.
Free admission to the temporary exhibition in January
In January, admission to the temporary exhibition "Shoulder to shoulder? Jewish involvement in Poland's aspirations for independence 1794-1918" is free of charge. We invite you to visit us!
Happy Hanukkah!
On the 25th of the month of Kislev, this year on December 18 in the Gregorian calendar, Hanukkah begins. We wish you all a merry celebration!
Free admission to exhibitions from 27 to 30 December
From 27 to 30 December, admission to the Jewish Historical Institute is free of charge. We invite you to visit us!
Archival Warsaw Ghetto film at the JHI permanent exhibition
Our permanent exhibition "What we’ve been unable to shout out to the world" now features a new multimedia stand with an archival Warsaw Ghetto film by by Alfons Ziółkowski!
Shoulder to shoulder? Jewish involvement in Poland's aspirations for independence 1794-1918
Numerous circumstances caused few Jews, usually assimilated and attached to Polish identity, took up arms in the Polish uprisings. We try to answer several questions: which processes led to the Jewish involvement in the fight for bringing Poland back on the map of Europe, and which discouraged them from the patriotic outburst? We will tell the story of the Jewish unification with the Polish majority, of the orthodox Jews who remained committed to the traditional Judaism and of the Polish prejudice.
Take part in the conference: 80 Years after "Aktion Reinhardt" (1942-1943): Social Responses and Commemoration
The German Nazi Operation Reinhardt led to the extermination of Polish Jews in 1942-1943. We invite you to a scientific conference devoted to these events.
"We have laid this cornerstone." Report from the 79th anniversary of the revolt of Treblinka II death camp prisoners
On August 2, 2022, at the museum of the German Nazi extermination camp Treblinka II, we paid tribute to the people murdered in this place and to the participants of the prisoners' revolt of 1943. The ceremony, co-organized by the Jewish Historical Institute, was attended by Ada Willenberg, widow of Samuel Willenberg, who died in 2016 as the last participant of the Treblinka uprising. Present were representatives of state and local authorities, parliament, diplomatic corps, institutions, associations, the Jewish community, the Righteous among the Nations.
The Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska Award Announced For 2022
On December 8, Anna Landau-Czajka, a sociologist and historian, professor at the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences, will receive from the 2022 Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska Award!
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 (English/Polish/Hebrew/German) on your smartphone.
March of Remembrance, 22 July 1942
Eighty years ago, the Jewish community of Warsaw almost completely ceased to exist. In the summer of 1942, the Germans deported nearly 300,000 Jews to the Treblinka death camp. We invite you to participate in the annual March of Remembrance, commemorating the murdered inhabitants of the Warsaw Ghetto.
JHI signed a cooperation agreement with Dubnow-Institut
Thanks to the agreement, both institutions can conduct closer coordinated research. The Jewish Historical Institute was represented by the director Monika Krawczyk, and The Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow by Professor Yfaat Weiss.
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