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Marian Turski has passed away

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Call for papers for international conference "Not the End, Not the Beginning"

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The Mystery of Izrael Lejzerowicz's painting has been solved!

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The inauguration of the EHRI Polish National Node

Welcome back to JHI starting from February 9

A story about fear and hope, about civil resistance and heroism in the face of ultimate evil, and a journey to the world of religion and culture of Polish Jews. From February 9, 2021 the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute reopens to visitors.
New edition of “Polish-Jewish Relations during the Second World War” by Emanuel Ringelblum

A new edition of Emanuel Ringelblum’s essay, devoted to the relations of Poles and Jews during World War II, is now available in the bookstore of the Jewish Historical Institute.
„What we’ve been unable to shout out to the world”. The guide to the JHI permanent exhibition is now available

A guide to the permanent exhibition at the Jewish Historical Institute is now available in Polish. The exhibition devoted to the Underground Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto and the Oneg Shabbat group can be viewed since 2017 at the JHI seat in Warsaw.
January 27, 1945. Liberation of Auschwitz

76 years ago, Red Army troops entered the Auschwitz concentration camp abandoned by the Germans. Several thousand prisoners remained in its area, too weak and sick to be able to take part in the death marches led by SS men to the west. At last the liberated could receive help.
Statement on the removal of Warsaw Ghetto artifacts from Poland

Statement by Monika Krawczyk, director of the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, Albert Stankowski, director of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum and Zygmunt Stępiński, director of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, regarding the removal of Warsaw Ghetto artifacts from Poland.
Monika Krawczyk appointed director of the Jewish Historical Institute

On January 1, 2021, Monika Krawczyk began a five-year term as the Director of the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute.
Keeping faith during the “years of madness.” Listen to the podcast about Kalonymus Kalman Shapiro, the tzaddik of the Warsaw ghetto

We invite you to listen to the second part of the Oneg Szabat Podcast! The episode “The Life of Kalman Kalonimus Szapiro,” dedicated to the tzadik from the Warsaw ghetto, is now available on your streaming platform.
Professor Paweł Śpiewak: Do not close the experience in a time capsule

The collections of the Jewish Historical Institute should be exhibited, so that anyone who visits us may say: there are treasures. We moved the Institute from the era of typewriting to the Internet era. We open up with exhibitions, lectures, film and theater screenings, trying to attract especially the residents of Warsaw. This is the way to the future. Olga Drenda talks to the director of the Jewish Historical Institute, professor Paweł Śpiewak.
Beniamin Rozenfeld. Draftsman of the Warsaw ghetto, conspirator, insurgent

The identity of Beniamin Rozenfeld, the author of a series of five drawings from the Ringelblum Archive, depicting the living conditions and death in the Warsaw Ghetto, was established by Józef Sandel and confirmed by Dr. Agnieszka Żółkiewska. Learn about the researcher's findings.
The closest friend of a Jewish child

Roza Simchowicz was a teacher and a social activist. She dedicated her entire life to Jewish children. In the Warsaw Ghetto, where she helped children living on the streets, she had reached the very bottom of children’s poverty. As a result of disagreeing to set up a barrier separating her from patients, she became infected with typhus. She refused aid from Joint, believing that there are others who have contributed more to the society. She died in late November 1941 and was buried on 2 December
Hanukkah 5782 – why do Jews celebrate?

Among stunning sights of dancing flames slowly burning on a hanukkiah, blessings, songs, driedel, gelt, and latkes, Hanukkah begins on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar. This year, it is the nightfall of 28th November 2021 in Gregorian calendar, and lasts eight days, until the 2nd day of the Hebrew month of Tevet. Although in Judaism Hanukkah is considered a minor holiday, it should be taken to heart and thought about in everyday life.
Winners of Jan Karski and Pola Nirenska Award for 2019 and 2020

The recipients of the Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska Award for 2019 and 2020 have been anounced. The award has been given to professor Daniel Grinberg and dr hab. Joanna Lisek.
In memory of Izrael Lejzerowicz

Izrael Lejzerowicz lived and worked in Łódź. Little is known about his education. Probably, thanks to a scholarship, he studied at an independent academy of fine arts in Berlin; it might have been Lewin-Funcke-Schule. Other sources say that he studied in Rome. He was a polyglot; he could speak Yiddish, Polish, Russian and German.
From November 2, until further notice, the Jewish Historical Institute is closed to visitors

From November 2, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Jewish Historical Institute will be closed to visitors until further notice. Find out how to view our collections online.
Libelid. Listen to Ola Bilińska's Yiddish love songs

"Libelid" is a set of eight pre-war compositions about different shades and faces of love. In these poetic works come out the Jewish customs, which strongly influenced the emotional and family life of members of the community. The love songs restored to memory from the old Jewish collections resound again in an unusual interpretation by Ola Bilińska.
Aleksander Landau

An engineer, managed a wood workshop in the Warsaw Ghetto – one of the forced labor companies working for the German army. Supported the Oneg Shabbat group and the Jewish Social Self-Help. During the Great Deportation to the Treblinka death camp, he offered shelter to intellectuals in his factory. During an attempt to escape occupied Poland, he fell prey to a Gestapo conspiracy.
„Great inspiration from Tłomackie. Warsaw – Oni – Beer Sheva” – watch the film

What was the heritage of the Great Synagogue in Warsaw? We present a record of the educational project of the Jewish Historical Institute — the short film „Great inspiration from Tłomackie. Warsaw – Oni – Beer Sheva”.
„Great artists suffer and can never be sure of their skill”. Symcha Trachter in Paris

In the museums, salons and exhibitions of the 1920s Paris, young Symcha Trachter encountered the greatest masters of modern painting. His stay in France contributed to the development of his individual style.
What was the destiny of Emanuel Ringelblum? Listen to the podcast

We are excited to invite you to listen to the premiere Oneg Szabat Podcast! The first episode ‘The destiny of Emanuel Ringelblum’ is available now on your podcast platform.
Limited access to the JHI Archive from October 5, 2020

From October 5, access to archival documents kept in the Jewish Historical Institute collection will be temporarily difficult or impossible due to construction works. We’re sorry for the inconvenience.
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