We happily inform you that the renovation of the 100 years old synagogue in Wielkie Oczy has finally come to an end. The works were carried out by the Town Hall of Wielkie Oczy with meritorical support from the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland. The synagogue more »
On April 25th, 2013 at the 'Synagogue' Center of the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland a lecture for students of the Zamość Third Age University took place. The lecture ‘Tales of Zamość and literature of more »
Between April 23-25 a working seminar „Managing Jewish Immovable Heritage” took place in Cracow. Participating will be nearly 100 people from 20 European countries.
On April 19, 2013, teachers and students of the High School in Szczebrzeszyn carried out cleanup works on the local Jewish cemetery. The initiative was realized in cooperation with the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland.
A day before the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising a group of students from the Center of Vocational Education in Wysokie Mazowieckie visited the local Jewish Cemetery to honor the Holocaust victims. The more »
In nearest future a memorial plaque will be installed on the old Jewish cemetery in Labiszyn. The plaque was financed by the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland. Mr. Marcin Dudek is the initiator and partner of this project.
We are pleased to inform that the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage will cover 65% of the cost of restoring the roof of Przysucha synagogue. The project will be carried out by the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland. We more »
On April 11, 2013 at the Museum of the Tradition of Independence in Lodz a special screening of a movie “Marek Edelman’s Chronicles of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising” by Jolanta Dylewska took place. It was followed by a discussion panel entitled “Poles, Jews and Marek more »
On April 9th 2013at the ‘Synagogue’ Center of the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland a meeting promoting a publication ‘Majdanek. Concentration camp in the accounts more »
We are pleased to inform that a post-conference volume ‘Jews In Zamosc And The Zamosc Region. History – Culture – Literature’ was published by the Polish-Jewish Literature Studies of the Catholic University more »
The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland and the ‘Well of Memory’ Association from Lublin signed an agreement regarding the upkeep of the Jewish cemetery more »
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency published an article on the condition of the Jewish cemeteries located throughout Eastern Europe and the costs related to their maintenance. You can read it here.
We are happy to announce that a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland, Mr. Shlomo Werdiger, has been elected as the new chairman of the board of trustees of Agudath Israel of America.
We are pleased to inform you that the renovation works in the Bet Tahara building in Olsztyn were completed. The works were being carried out by the “Borussia” Foundation since 2006.
The Bet Tahara building is a former pre-burial house located by more »
The Krasnik Police identified and apprehended the perpetrators of the act of vandalism that took place on the Jewish cemetery in Urzedow. In January 2013 swastika and gallows were painted on a monument commemorating the Jews of Urzedow. The culprits, who turned out to be students of local more »