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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

Discovering family secrets

Genealogy Department at the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute.
Official opening of the permanent exhibition „What we’ve been unable to shout out to the world”

On 14 November, President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda and his Wife took part in the official opening of the permanent exhibition „What we’ve been unable to shout out to the world”, presenting original documents from the Underground Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto.
The launch of the Delet (Hebrew: ‘door’) educational portal

The portal publishes materials from the entire collection dedicated to the Oneg Shabbat group as well as works of art. The project is an initiative of the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland in partnership with the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute.
The world is getting a little bit better. Professor Paweł Śpiewak about the 70 years of the JHI

An interview with professor Paweł Śpiewak, director of the Emanueal Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute about the 70 years of shared history of the JHI and the Association of the JHI in Poland; by Anna Majchrowska.
74th anniversary of Emanuel Ringelblum’s arrest
Alfa — The Wajdenfeld Brothers’ Chocolate Factory

In our office we have the pleasure to meet incredible people and hear many wonderful stories from the past. Moreover, we have a chance to see beautiful photos.
The “Struma” Tragedy

The 24th of February is the 77th anniversary of the ship “Struma” sinking in the Black Sea. Almost 800 Jews escaping Romania died on the ship. It is one of the most tragic, though today almost forgotten, episodes in the history of Jewish attempts to escape the Holocaust.
Tu BiShvat

In Judaism, holidays are divided in to two categories — those based on the Torah (De-orajta דאורייתא) and those established by rabbis (De-rabanan דרבון). Tu BiShvat is a rabbinic ritual mentioned in the talmudic tractate Rosh Hashanah (literally “New Year”).
Józef Sandel — biographical timeline

The history of Józef Sandel’s association with ﬁne arts can be divided into two distinct phases – before the war and after the war (as well as the interim period during the war, although naturally he was not particularly active then).
“Tell them to paint scenes from the ghetto”. Death of Roman Kramsztyk

128th birthday of Roman Kramsztyk, a painter and drawer, one of the most popular artists of the inter-war period.
75th anniversary of the „Black Friday” in Białystok

„Germans enter on the 27th of June and „make their debut” by burning 800–1000 Jews, men and boys, alive in the Great Synagogue.”
Samuel Willenberg. A Hero, Last Witness of history, and our dear Friend passed away

Samuel ’Igo’ Willenberg, the last fighter of the Treblinka uprising, passed away one year ago in Israel at the age of 93. May his soul be bound up in the bond of life.
Dr Gotlib’s cigarette case becomes part of the JHI collection

In the last month, the artistic collection of the Jewish Historical Institute was enriched by a precious bequest from Cracow that includes – among other objects – a silver cigarette case belonging to doctor Gabriel Gustaw Gotlib, a portrait of his wife, writer Barbara Czałczyńska by Henryk Gotlib, and an anonymous plaster sculpture of Jewish boy, made in the interwar period.
Łódź ghetto – the largest slave labor camp

78 years ago, on 8th February 1940, Germans established ghetto in Łódź.
Postcards from the Ghetto preserved

Specialists from the Conservation Department of the JHI completed works on preserving 45 postcards sent from the Warsaw Ghetto.
„Bridge of Sighs” of the biggest Ghetto in Europe

Early in 1942, on 26th January precisely, Germans built a wooden footbridge for the pedestrians over Aryan Chłodna Street in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Anniversary of the pale settlement decree

Genesis of the decree was complex. Usually historians mention its economic and ethnic (nationalist) backdrop.
From one room to the Internet — The Central Jewish Library

The idea of creating a Central Judaic Library, a library containing any books, writings and documents connected to Judaism, is 155 years old. The collection was modest at first, limited to one room, however before the war it grew to 30 thousand books and its own building. The Central Judaic Library was destroyed during the Holocaust. Now, in the 21st century the CJL exists once more — this time in digital form. This is its history.
The Tłomackie bookstore — photo gallery

The Tłomackie Bookstore in all its beauty.
The Passover Haggadah

The Passover Haggadah is the story of the Jews’ liberation and departure from Egypt. Every Jewish household should posses a copy of the text.
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