Jewish Heritage Europe

Polish Holocaust Historian Robert Kuwałek RIP

We are sad to report news of the premature and sudden death of Robert Kuwałek, one of Poland’s foremost historians of the Holocaust and Jewish heritage in southeastern Poland and what is now western Ukraine. Kuwałek, 47, died while he … continue reading →

Cukerman’s Gate Foundation honored in Poland

  Congratulation to Karolina and Piotr Jakoweńko of Cukerman’s Gate Foundation and to Jolanta Żyndul, who were awarded the Maria and Lukasz Hirszowicz prize at a ceremony June 2 at the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw. The prize was established … continue reading →

Open air Jewish museum opens in Radomsko, Poland

An open-air Jewish museum marking places of Jewish history in Radomsko, Poland opened on June 2 with a ceremony attended by the ambassadors of Israel and Germany and other VIPs. The museum, a sort of walking trail, consists of some … continue reading →

Wooden synagogue replica to be built in Sanok Poland

Work is to begin soon in an outdoor ethnographic museum in southeast Poland on the construction of a full-scale replica of the wooden synagogue of Połaniec, which was destroyed, along with the Jewish population of the town, during World War II. … continue reading →

Photo exhibition in aid of restoration of synagogue in Dzierzoniow

An exhibition of photographs by Joanna Sliwa-Cichon opens Saturday (May 24)  in the former synagogue in Dzierzoniow, Poland, which since 2004 has been under gradual restoration by members of the Beitenu Chaj-2004 Foundation. During the opening, selected photos will be available for … continue reading →