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The “Underground: The Hidden Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto” exhibition is open!
We have opened the exhibition “Underground: The Hidden Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto” at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum!
Seminar "El Archivo Ringelblum y su relationión con España" – a part of the "Inspiring Culture" program
The new Programme Board of the Jewish Historical Institute
Szymon and Jakub Simons – The Bankers and Jewellers of King Stanisław August Poniatowski
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Who killed Józefa Witkowska?
Who killed Józefa Witkowska? Read an article by JHI Genealogy Department about the crime and investigation from early 1879.
Letter of support for the Ukrainian people from the Jewish community in Poland
The director of the Jewish Historical Institute, Monika Krawczyk, together with the chairman of the Jewish Community in Warsaw, the Chief Rabbi of Poland, Michael Schudrich, and the directors of, inter alia, The Warsaw Ghetto Museum, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland, signed a letter of support for the Ukrainian nation.
They left the burning ghetto through the sewers. "Kazik" Ratajzer – Symcha Rotem
97 years ago, Symcha Rotem, or 'Kazik' Ratajzer, was born, the last participant in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. It was he who, in May 1943, led the Jewish Combat Organization fighters out of the burning ghetto through the sewers. If it weren't for "Kazik", we might have learned almost nothing about the fights in the ghetto.
A way of life. Why is the Talmud important to Jews?
Compiled between the 3rd and 8th centuries, the Talmud is the staple of Jewish religion after the destruction of the Second Temple and the primary source of halakha, religious law. What makes this book such an important aspect of Judaism to this day?
"Impossible to describe." Liberation of Auschwitz on January 27, 1945
77 years ago, the Red Army liberated Auschwitz – the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp. The weakest and the sickest prisoners remained there, who could not take part in the evacuations to the west organized by the SS, the so-called death marches. It was not the end of their suffering – they needed medical attention and convalescence.
Join 2022 International Holocaust Remembrance Day webinars with JHI Director Monika Krawczyk
Join 2022 International Holocaust Remembrance Day webinars with JHI Director Monika Krawczyk, organized on January 25 and January 26. Both events will be held online. Registration is required.
January 20, 1942. The Wannsee Conference seals the fate of European Jews
80 years ago, on January 20, 1942 in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, government officials of Nazi Germany planned the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question”. Although Hitler had made the very decision to start mass extermination earlier, the Wannsee conference helps to understand the mechanics of the Holocaust.
“Is the tree of the field a man?”. The New Year for Trees – Tu BiShvat 5782
15 Shevat falls on the nightfall of January 16, 2022 and ends on the nightfall of January 17, according to the Gregorian calendar. Known as Tu BiShvat (Hebrew: ט״ו בשבט), it is a minor Jewish holiday, called the “New Year for Trees” – in Hebrew Rosh HaShanah La’Ilanot. Why do Jews celebrate?
EHRI Fellowship Call | Conny Kristel Fellowship Programme 2022
By facilitating international access to an unprecedented range of key archives and collections related to the Holocaust as well as archival and digital humanities expertise, the EHRI Conny Kristel Fellowships support and stimulate Holocaust research conducted by researchers, archivists, librarians, curators, and junior scholars, especially PhD candidates with limited resources. The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute is a partner of the program. Deadline for applications for 2022: 15 January 2022.
Conference: 80 Years after "Aktion Reinhard" (1942-1943): Social Responses and Commemoration | Call for papers
We invite you to submit proposals for papers for the international conference 80 Years after "Aktion Reinhard" (1942-1943): Social Responses and Commemoration, which will be held by the Emmanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, the Warsaw Ghetto Museum and the State Museum at Majdanek in Warsaw, September 21-22, 2022.
How to teach Jewish spirituality and history? Report from the 2021 JHI Winter Academy
On 11-12th December 2021 we hosted another edition of the Jewish Historical Institute Winter Academy. This time we focused on a new subject – Jewish spirituality. Read the report from the event.
“Centuries full of glory”. Report from the 2021 Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska Award Gala
On 9th December 2021 at the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute a gala was held to give the Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska Award. The laureate is dr hab. Jan Doktór, a historian, translator, publisher, an outstanding expert on Jewish spirituality, long-time employee of the Jewish Historical Institute, author of works such as “Beginnings of Polish Hasidism”, and former activist of the underground “Solidarity”. Read the report from the event.
Invitation to archivists and scholars to participate in EHRI expert groups
EHRI (European Holocaust Research Infrastructure) is one of the most important research projects on the history of Jews during World War II, in which the Jewish Historical Institute participates. We invite you to join the expert groups of the project.
“Hanukkah is a celebration of joy and happiness.” Report from the Hanukkah gala concert on 29th November
On 29th November 2021, a Hanukkah concert was held at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, during which the audience heard the music of Sergei Prokofiev and George Gershwin. The concert was organized by the Jewish Historical Institute in cooperation with the Social and Cultural Society of Jews in Poland, the Chabad Lubavitch Poland community and the Warsaw Ghetto Museum.
Happy Hanukkah!
The directorship and employees of the Jewish Historical Institute wish you a happy Hanukkah.
JHI director Monika Krawczyk notifies the prosecutor's office about the events in Kalisz
On 11th November 2021, an anti-Semitic demonstration took place in Kalisz, during which the text of the Kalisz Statute, a document from the 13th century granting civil rights to Jews, was publicly burnt, in order to intice hatred against Jews. The director of the Jewish Historical Institute, Monika Krawczyk, submitted an official notification of a suspected cirme to the prosecutor's office.
The false messiah. Who was Sabbatai Zevi?
In the mid-17th century, the Jews of the Middle East were overwhelmed by a case of messianic fever. It was brought about by Sabbatai Zevi, the founder of the Sabbatean movement. Who was the man who shocked the entire Jewish world and started a heresy that lasted over a hundred years?
October 29, 1942. Assassination of Jakub Lejkin
79 years ago, the Jewish Combat Organization carried out its first execution in the Warsaw Ghetto. Eliahu Różański shot Jakub Lejkin – the chief of the Jewish police in Gęsia Street. Read how reports from the Ringelblum Archive describe the circumstances.
The ‘Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska’ Award announced for 2021
We know the laureate of the ‘Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska’ Award for 2021!
“Hidden image. Vilna Gaon” – report from the temporary exhibition opening
At the Jewish Historical Institute, we have opened a new temporary exhibition “Hidden image. Vilna Gaon", dedicated to one of the most outstanding scholars in the history of Judaism. Read the report from the exhibition opening, which took place on 21st October 2021.
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