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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

Mass murder of Jewish citizens in Jedwabne, Radziłów and other locations in the eastern Mazovia region in the summer of 1941

On 22 June 1941, the Soviet-German war began. Within several weeks, the Germans had seized northern Mazovia, Podlasie as well as Northern and Eastern Borderlands (Kresy), areas occupied by the Soviets since 1939. The new invaders annexed these lands to Eastern Prussia as the Bialystok region. The outbreak of the Soviet-German war proved to be a turning point in World War II. This article examines the circumstances of pogroms in Jedwabne and nearby areas, which took place after they were captured
…hatred, whose strength shocks and forces to think… The Kielce pogrom, July 4, 1946

On July 4, 1946, the city of Kielce saw the biggest pogrom of Jews in Poland since the end of World War II.
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.
June 26, 1942. BBC informs about the extermination of Polish Jews

Eighty years ago, the BBC broadcast a program about the Holocaust of Polish Jews, based on materials donated to the Polish government in London by Jewish organizations in Poland. It was an important day for Emanuel Ringelblum's associates. Unfortunately, the ordeal of Jews in occupied Poland continued.
Summer 2022: changes in the opening hours of the JHI Archive and Library

During the holiday season, the Library of the Jewish Historical Institute will be open at changed hours.
In the footsteps of Jews in the Lublin region. Report from the JHI study trip

From 13-15th June 2022, employees of the Jewish Historical Institute went on a study trip to the Lublin region. We saw an exhibition devoted to the memory of the Jews from Lublin at the “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre, the reconstruction of the Wołpa synagogue in Biłgoraj, took a look at the Jewish cemeteries in Chełm and Lublin, and went to the station from which Jews from Zamość were deported. The most important points were visits to the former Majdanek concentration camp and extermination centre, and the former Sobibór and Bełżec extermination camps.
“Uncle has the apartment near you almost ready”. What are the letters in the Ringelblum Archive about?

What is crypto-information in the letters from Jews from 1942?
JHI signed a cooperation agreement with Herzog College

Thanks to the agreement, both institutions will be able to effectively use their resources for research on the heritage of Polish Jews. The Jewish Historical Institute was represented by director Monika Krawczyk, and Herzog College – by professor Daniel Reiser.
"Dancers 1944. Mieczysław Wejman." Visit our temporary exhibition

‘The artist’s works in the years 1943–1944, between the July 1942 “Gross Aktion” (Great Action or Operation, namely the deportation and mass murder of Jews from the Jewish quarter), the Ghetto Uprising (April 1943) and the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising (August 1st 1944) became one of the most important Polish artistic documents recording the German occupation – especially the Holocaust,’ writes Dr. Piotr Rypson, curator of the temporary exhibition “Dancers 1944. Mieczysław Wejman”.
Dance in the fire of war. Report from the opening of the exhibition “Dancers 1944. Mieczysław Wejman”

On May 26, we opened the temporary exhibition “Dancers 1944. Mieczysław Wejman”, presenting a unique series of graphics by the artist and witness of the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto, created at the beginning of 1944, when Wejman was hiding from the Germans. This is the first such extensive presentation of the artist’s works from the war period. Read the report from the exhibition opening.
Who is that dancing beneath the wall? "Dancers 1944. Mieczysław Wejman"

Dancers, actors, actresses, acrobats. “Misfits who cover up something and reveal something in dance positions or circus tricks, assume and change roles, perform their dance steps alone or interact with the crowd through dance”. From May 27, 2022, you can visit the JHI's new temporary exhibition "Dancing 1944. Mieczysław Wejman", devoted to a unique series of prints from the occupation period. Who was Mieczysław Wejman? What do his works say about the experience of the war and the fate of Jews in Warsaw?
Bridging Divides. Rupture and Continuity in Polish Jewish History | Take part in conference on the 75th anniversary of the Jewish Historical Institute

In honor of its 75th anniversary, the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, together with the Yale University Fortunoff Archive and the Yeshiva University Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, will host an international conference in Warsaw on May 23-26, 2022, dedicated to bridging historiographical and disciplinary divides. The event is also part of the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the extermination of Jews as part of the German operation "Reinhardt". Follow the conference live on YouTube.
The Great Synagogue on Tłomackie Street and its destruction

Until the Second World War, Warsaw had the largest Jewish community in Europe. Hundreds of thousands of Jewish residents needed numerous synagogues and houses of prayer. The most distinguished synagogue in Warsaw was the Great Synagogue located by Tłomackie Square.
May 1942. The Germans shoot a film in the Warsaw Ghetto

On May 1, 1942, a German film crew came to the Warsaw ghetto to prepare an anti-Jewish propaganda film. It was entitled Das Ghetto. Read how the members of the Oneg Shabbat group saw these events.
Professor Jonathan Brent joins the Editorial Board of the "Jewish History Quarterly"

We are pleased to announce that Professor Jonathan Brent, director of YIVO, historian and translator, an outstanding expert on the history of Jews and the USSR, has joined the Editorial Board of the "Jewish History Quarterly".
Teodor Pajewski and Emilia Kossower-Rozencwajg awarded for saving Jews

On 27 April 2022, 2Lt. Teodor Pajewski, pseudonym “Szalony” [“Crazy”], and Emilia Kossower-Rozencwajg, pseudonym “Marylka”, were awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for heroic attitude and extraordinary courage shown in saving the lives of Jews during World War II, as well as for outstanding services in the defense of dignity, humanity, and human rights. The ceremony took place at the Belweder Palace in Warsaw.
The Year(s) Of Elijah. Vilnius With And Without The Vilna Gaon

One of the most celebrated Jewish scholars, blessed with outstanding intellect and wisdom, the Vilna Gaon was a legendary figure in his lifetime and after his death. For many people, he became a symbol of Jewish Lithuania, and he stayed a patron of the Vilna Jews even after the destruction of their community and religious life during World War II.
We found the oldest Hebrew book printed in a Jewish publishing house in Warsaw

Interesting discoveries happen in every library and the JHI library is no exception. This time I came across a work Rishmey Sheela, published in Warsaw, by Israel Moshe ben Arie Leib, a rabbi in Zabłudów. The Hebrew year [5]571, given in the chronogram, is the year 1811 in the Gregorian calendar. The volume belonging to the collection of the Jewish Historical Institute is the oldest book printed in Hebrew in Warsaw by a Jewish printer.
"If we survive, it will only be as free people." Report from the 79th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

On April 19, 2022, we celebrated the 79th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. At 12 AM sirens sounded all over the city.
Pesach – one of the greatest miracles in Jewish history

Pesach, also known as Passover, is an incredibly important time for Jews. Celebrated annually from the 15th to the 22nd of the month of Nissan in the Hebrew calendar, it remembers the birth of the Jewish nation. In the year 2022, Pesach falls on April 15 and will be observed until April 22 in Israel and April 23 in other countries.
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