Jewish Heritage Europe

Poland: Mazel tov to Paweł Kulig, winner of the 2020 POLIN award — and to the runners up. Kulig cares for the vast Jewish cemetery and other Jewish heritage in Łódź

Mazel to to Paweł Kulig who has received the 2020 POLIN Award presented by the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw! It was the sixth edition of the award.  The Awards, which include a sculpture as … continue reading →

Poland: Memorial park commemorating the destroyed Great Synagogue in Oświęcim, the town where the Nazis built Auschwitz, wins award

(JHE) — Mazel tov! The Memorial Park project on the site of the destroyed Great Synagogue in Oświęcim, the town in southern Poland where the Nazis built the Auschwitz death camp, has received an architectural prize presented by the Małopolska … continue reading →

Poland: Mazel tov! 23rd annual Preserving Memory Awards honor more than a dozen non-Jewish Poles who preserve, promote, and care for Jewish heritage and culture and promote Jewish-Polish dialogue

More than a dozen non-Jewish Poles in central, eastern, and southeastern Poland were honored this week  for their work in preserving, promoting, and caring for Jewish culture and heritage in Poland and promoting Jewish-Polish dialogue. Their awards marked the 23rd … continue reading →

Poland: Dariusz Stola, former director of POLIN museum, receives 2020 Irene Sendler Award

Mazel Tov to historian Dariusz Stola, the former director of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, who has been named the recipient of the 2020 Irena Sendler Memorial Award, an award presented annually by Taube Philanthropies to … continue reading →

2020 European Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards honor two Holocaust-related projects: the Arolsen Archive Online and the exhibit Auschwitz: Not Long Ago. Not Far Away

Winners of the 2020 European Heritage Awards/Europa Nostra Awards include two Holocaust/Jewish heritage projects: the newly digitized Arolsen Archives Online portal; and the exhibit Auschwitz: Not long ago. Not far away  (Poland/Spain). The Awards,  launched in 2002 and funded by … continue reading →