On November 3rd 2005 at 5pm at the Jewish cemetery in Biłgoraj candles will be lit to commemorate the victims of the liquidation of the Biłgoraj ghetto, which was executed by the Nazis over the period of November 2nd-4th 1942.

On November 4th 2005 an official ceremony commemorating the 62nd anniversary of the liquidation of the Poniatowa work camp will take place. The ceremony will start at 8.45am at a railway station in Nałęczów; at 9.00am a train will take all the guests to Poniatowa. The main part of the event more »

We are happy to inform that the Kraśnik synagogue is now opened to visitors. Entrance fee is 5 PLN per person.
The entire income will be allocated for preserving the monument.
Organised groups are kindly asked to contact the Foundation before arriving at the synagogue.

Foundation representatives and Ms. Lucy Lisowska, a Jewish resident of Bialystok, met with the Bialystok authorities on 27 October 2005 to discuss the planned works at two of the Jewish cemeteries in Bialystok. The cemetery at Wschodnia Street, where Matzevot still stand, requires urgent construction more »

On October 1st 2005 scouts from the 9th Zielona Góra Scout Team “DUKT”, supervised by their leader, Mr. Leszek Masklak, cleaned up the area of the Zielona Góra Jewish cemetery. In June 2005 26 matzevot that had been discovered in a park adjoining the Zielona Góra Jewish cemetery more »

In the Polish Consulate in New York an exhibition “The Jews of Czestochowa. Coexistence-Holocaust-Memory” will be held from November 2nd to 10th 2005. This exhibition recounts the spirit and vitality of Czestochowa's Jewish community, once an integral part of this city. Before World more »

The Public is invited to the lecture on RESTITUTION AND HERITAGE PROTECTION OF JEWISH HISTORICAL SITES IN POLAND to be given by Ms. Monika Krawczyk, Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation for Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland, Attorney at Law, which will take place on 7th November more »