The "Synagogue" Center of the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland has a pleasure to invite you to a meeting with Ms. Natalia Judzińska - „Po lewej stronie sali. Getto ławkowe w międzywojennym Wilnie". Wokół książki i innych historii. (Eng. "On the Left Side of the classroom. The bench ghetto in interwar Vilnius." Around the book and other stories).

During the meeting with the book's author, Dr. Natalia Judzińska, we will discuss the topic of benches ghetto, which operated in Poland since 1935. We will search for Zamość themes, such as the story of Rywka Profitkier, a teacher at the I.L. Perec Jewish Primary School in Zamość. This will be a starting point for a conversation about anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, preserving memory and local heritage, as well as present issues.

We invite you on behalf of the organizers: Marek Kołcon and Daniel Sabaciński.

The event will take place on August 21, 2025, at 6:00 PM at the FODŻ "Synagogue" Center at ul. Pereca 14 in Zamość.

This is part of a project entitled "Spatial identification and promotion of knowledge about the material heritage of Jews in Zamość," implemented as part of the Shtetl Routes Network Incubator training program.
The project also includes putting five plaques describing objects related to the history of the Zamość Jewish community.

The next event of the project will be a walking tour on August 27th, to which we cordially invite you!

Natalia Judzińska - PhD in Cultural Studies, assistant professor at the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, activist. Researcher of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. In her academic work, she also examines the material dimensions of the crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border and the borderland within the framework of critical border studies.
Author of the book "On the Left Side of the Classroom: The Bench Ghetto in Interwar Vilnius," published by Krytyka Polityczna in 2023. The book received the 2nd KLIO Award, was nominated for the Nike Literary Award in 2024, and was a finalist for the "Polityka" historical award. For her scientific and social work, she received the Artur Rojszczak Award in 2023.
Co-founder of the group "Badaczki i Badacze na Granicy" (Researchers and Researchers on the Border). Since the fall of 2021, she has been providing humanitarian support to people on the Polish-Belarusian border.

This activity was carried out as part of the SHTETL ROUTES NETWORK INCUBATOR training program organized by the "Grodzka Gate - NN Theater" Center in Lublin. The program is part of the "Mi Dor Le Dor Europe" project coordinated by AEPJ (European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture and Heritage).
Co-financed by the European Union.

The views and opinions expressed belong to the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the grant provider are responsible for them.

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