9th International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Podkarpackie Region 2327th January, 2017
under the patronage of Władysław Ortyl,
Marshal of the Podkarpackie Region
Krosno, Rymanów, Brzozów, Błażowa, Zagórz, Ustrzyki Dolne, Bircza, Mielec, Dubiecko 23rd January 2017 (Monday)
Jarosław, Sanok, Przeworsk, Grodzisko Dolne, Dębica, Tarnobrzeg, Wielopole Skrzyńskie, Ulanów 24th January 2017 (Tuesday)
Przemyśl, Łańcut, Gniewczyna Łańcucka, Dukla, Nowy Żmigród, Sędziszów Małopolski, Baranów Sandomierski, Jasło, Zarszyn Nowosielce, Horyniec Zdrój, Bełżec 25th January 2017 (Wednesday)
Kolbuszowa, Markowa, Kołaczyce, Lesko, Dydnia, Dynów, Lubaczów, Leżajsk, Strzyżów 26th January 2017 (Thursday)
Rzeszów 27th January 2017 (Friday) The guests of honour will be the people whose family roots go back to the Podkarpackie region
Bellina Ludmila (Potsdam, Germany)
Tamar Dor Ner (Boston, USA)
Daphne Dor Ner (Boston, USA)
Andriy Drach (Potsdam, Germany)
Lea Dror Batalion (Haifa, Israel)
Judit Elkin (Miami, USA)
Margalit Goldstein (Kfar Saba, Israel)
Samuel Halpern (Ashkelon, Israel)
Tamar Halpern (Ashkelon, Israel)
Rachelle Halpern (San Francisco Bay Area, USA)
Sally Mizroch (Seattle, USA)
Naava Othnay (Rehovot, Israel)
Szymon Redlich (Beersheba, Israel)
Lucia Retman (Haifa, Israel)
David Ringler, with his wife (Ramat Gan, Israel)
Małka Shacham Doron (Mitzpe Ramon, Israel)
Iosif Shtatman, with his wife (Lviv, Ukraine)
Krosno 23rd January 2017 (Monday)
Organizers:
Mayor of Krosno Stanisław Pigoń State School of Higher Vocational Education in Krosno Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region The “Czyń dobro mimo wszystko” Association
Programme:
10:0010:15 Commemoration of the Holocaust victims (Jewish cemetery, ks. Władysława Sarny Street)
10:4511:15 Commemoration of the Jews in Krosno, at the plaque commemorating the former Jewish ghetto
11:1511:45 Images of the Past – open air exhibition (Franciszkańska Street)
12:0012:45 Powroty Szymona (Shimon’s Returns) – film screening Documentary directed by Sławomir Grünberg and Katka Reszke – one of the main characters is Shimon Redlich
12:4513:45 Lecture by Professor Shimon Redlich (historian, lecturer at Ben Gurion University): Returns to the childhood in the historical context (Stanisław Pigoń State School of Higher Vocational Education in Krosno, 8 Kazimierza Wielkiego Street)
Rymanów 23rd January 2017 (Monday)
Organizers:
Mayor of Rymanów The “Spotkanie – Rymanów” Association for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Land of Rymanów The “Jaś Wędrowniczek” Hotel in Rymanów Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
17:3018:30 Film show: Żydowski Rymanów na starych taśmach filmowych (Jewish Community in Rymanów on Old Film Tapes) Film screening: Rymanów 1936 – gość z Ameryki (Rymanów 1936 – A Visitor from America) and Rymanów, czas wojny 1942 (Rymanów 1942: the Time of the War) (The “Jaś Wędrowniczek” Restaurant, 8 Bieleckiego Street)
18:30–20:30 Ten years of the meetings between Poles and Jews in Rymanów – an analysis of common experience. Meeting of the Holocaust survivors and their descendants with the town authorities and citizens. (The “Jaś Wędrowniczek” Restaurant, 8 Bieleckiego Street)
30 January 2014 (Monday)
10:00–11:00 Educational meeting for the pupils of the School Complex in Posada Górna with the participation of Małka Shacham Doron, a daughter of Fryda Stary Vogel – a Jewish Holocaust survivor from Rymanów (The School Complex in Posada Górna, 164 3-go Maja Street)
Brzozów 23rd January 2017 (Monday) Organizers:
Mayor of Brzozów The Regional Museum in Brzozów Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
9:00–9:30 Commemoration of the Shoah Victims (Memorial of the Jews murdered in 1942, at the Brzozów–Zmiennica road in the neighbourhood of the Podlesie forester’s lodge)
10:00–10:30 Word-and-music programme performed by school children: Common World that Is Gone Now (Conference hall in the Town Hall in Brzozów, Regional Museum in Brzozów, 10 Rynek Square)
10:30–11:00 Coffee break
11:00–13:00 9th Brzozów Historical Session “And I still see their faces...”
dr hab. Władysław Tabasz, Professor at the SSW Old Polish University, Biological and religious life cycle in a Jewsh family Halina Kościńska, Recollection of a friend – Natan Weiss Władysław Komornicki, My Jewish schoolmates dr Mariusz Kaznowski, The Jewish community in Brzozów in the analyses and memoirs of Józef Rogowski Sebastian Kaznowski, The idea of a theme cultural route commemorating the Jews in Brzozów and the neighbourhood. (Conference hall in the Town Hall in Brzozów, Reginal Museum in Brzozów, 10 Rynek Square) A commemorative exhibition: On the History and Culture of the Jews in the Brzozów Microregion, from the collection of the Regional Museum in Brzozów (Exhibition hall in the Town Hall in Brzozów, Reginal Museum in Brzozów, 10 Rynek Square) Błażowa 23rd January 2017 (Monday)
Organizers:
Mayor of Błażowa Society of the Enthusiasts of the Land of Błażowa City Council in Błażowa School Complex in Błażowa Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
9:00–9:15 Official opening, greeting of the guests – Jerzy Kocój (Mayor of Błażowa)
9:15–9:35 Małgorzata Kutrzeba, Ph.D. (President of the Society of the Enthusiasts of the Land of Błażowa), Jews in Błażowa
9:35–10:00 Anna Lorenz-Filip (Councillor, Municipal Council of Błażowa), Jewish customs and traditions
Meeting with a historical witness
11:00–11:30 Concert of Jewish music performed by the teachers and pupils of the 1st degree State Music School in Błażowa
11:30–12:00 Opening of the exhibition: The Judaica – a private collection: Jews in Poland at the beginning of the 20th century in photography
12:00–12:20 Discussion and closure (Lecture hall in the Anna Jenke Public Junior Secondary School in Błażowa, 1 Ks. Adolfa Kowala Square) Zagórz 23rd January 2017 (Monday)
Organizers:
Mayor of the Town and District of Zagórz Public Library for the Town and District of Zagórz Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Junior Secondary School in Zagórz Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
15:00–15:30 Commemoration of the Bieszczady Jews, murdered in the labour camp in Zasław (Zwangsarbeitslager Zaslaw) in the years 1941–1943 Laying flowers on the mass grave in Zasław – a site of the mass extermination of the Jews (Fabryczna Street)
16:00–17:30 Lecture by Joanna Elżbieta Potaczek, M.A. (University of Rzeszów) Labour camp in Zasław (Zwangsarbeitslager Zaslaw) – a site of the mass extermination of the Bieszczady Jews in the years 1941-1943
Meeting with the eyewitnesses who remember the camp in Zasław (Public Library for the Town and District in Zagórz, 37 Piłsudskiego Street) Ustrzyki Dolne 23rd January 2017 (Monday)
Organizers:
Mayor of Ustrzyki Dolne Head of the Bieszczady County Professor Eugeniusz Waniek Public Library for the Town and County of Ustrzyki Dolne Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
16:00–16:15 Lighting the symbolic light under the plaque commemorating the Jewish community in Ustrzyki Dolne (Library entrance hall) Common prayer for the Jewish nation, in the words of Pope John Paul II
16:15–16:45 Visiting the exhibition: Let the Memory of the Holocaust Make the World Better by Barbara Wójcik
16:45–17:45 A Holocaust Eyewitness – Witold Mołodyński’s memories: The 1939–1945 occupations of the Bieszczady Region (Professor Eugeniusz Waniek Public Library for the Town and County of Ustrzyki Dolne, 5 Rynek Square) Bircza 23rd January 2017 (Monday)
Organizers:
“Szansa” – an Association in Support of the Educational Development of Rural Areas “Równać Szanse 2016” – an Academy of Creative Development Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
9:00–9:30 Commemoration of the Holocaust victims from Bircza and the surrounding areas at the execution site on Kamienna Górka hill
10:00–11:30 Theatre performance: BYĆ (To Be), scripted and directed by Tamara Ryzner, M.A.
Word-and-music performance: Prawy i Lewy (The Right And the Left One) performed by the Academy of Creative Development in Bircza (Community Centre for Culture, Sports and Tourism in Bircza, 8 Rynek Square) Mielec 23rd January 2017 (Monday)
Organizers:
Mayor of Mielec Regional Museum in Mielec Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
11:00–13:00 Multimedia presentation by Andrzej Krempa (historian): Extermination of the Jews in Mielec. 75th anniversary of the liquidation of the Jewish community in Mielec
Accompanying exhibition on the liquidation of the Jewish community in Mielec. (Regional Museum in Mielec – the Oborski Castle, 73 Legionów Street) Dubiecko 23rd January 2017 (Monday) Organizers:
Head of the Dubiecko District Society of the Enthusiasts of the Land of Dubiecko Public Primary Schools in Dubiecko, Przedmieście Dubieckie, Bachórec, No. 1 and 2 in Nienadowa, Hucisko Nienadowskie, Iskania, Drohobyczka John Paul II Private Junior Secondary School in Dubiecko Secondary Comprehensive School in Dubiecko Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
9:30–10:00 Celebration of the memory of the Jewish community in Dubiecko at the plaque commemorating their extermination (Main Square in Dubiecko)
10:00–12:00 An open meeting during which the local school students will present their activities related to learning about the history and culture of the Jews in the region from November 2016 to January 2017 (Office of the District of Dubiecko, 10 Przemyska Street)
Accompanying exhibition: Archive photographs from the interwar period, showing the Jewish-born inhabitants of the Dubiecko region and the artefacts from that period (Office of the District of Dubiecko, 10 Przemyska Street) Jarosław 24th January 2017 (Tuesday) Organizers:
Mayor of Jarosław Head of the Jarosław County Servant of God Anna Jenke Center for Christian Culture and Formation in Jarosław Association of the Enthusiasts of Jarosław Stefan Banach Technical and Secondary Comprehensive School Complex in Jarosław Fryderyk Chopin State Music School in Jarosław Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme: 10:00–11:00 A special service in memory of the Holocaust victims in the Podkapackie region with a public reading of the names of the Poles murdered for saving Jews, and the Jews killed together with them (Church of St. Nicholas and St. Stanislaus the Bishop in Jarosław. Jarosław Abbey, 5 Benedyktyńska Street) Commemoration of the Holocaust victims at the symbolic execution site at the walls of the Jarosław Abbey (Jarosław Abbey, 5 Benedyktyńska Street)
11:00–11:30 Word-and-music programme performed by the pupils of the Stefan Banach Technical and Secondary Comprehensive School Complex in Jarosław Multimedia presentation: Jews in Jarosław during the interwar period, by the pupils of the Stefan Banach Technical and Secondary Comprehensive School Complex in Jarosław
11:30–12:30 Testimonies and accounts of the Holocaust survivors and their families. Chair: Associate Professor Wacław Wierzbieniec
12:30–13:00 Music programme performed by the pupils of the State Music School in Jarosław
Accompanying exhibition: Jews in Jarosław during the Interwar Period, by Joanna Elżbieta Potaczek. M.A.. (University of Rzeszów) and the pupils of the Stefan Banach Stefan Banach Technical and Secondary Comprehensive School Complex in Jarosław (Jarosław Abbey, 5 Benedyktyńska Street)
17:00–18:30 On the history of the Jews in the Podkarpackie region. The saved, the saviours and the Holocaust scholars. Meeting at the seat of the Association of the Enthusiasts of Jarosław. Lea Droe Batalion (University of Haifa, Israel), Juda Roth – from Jarosław to Haifa, the role of the Masada College in the story of his survival. (Association of the Enthusiasts of Jarosław, 11 Rynek Square) Sanok 24th January 2017 (Tuesday) Organizers: Mayor of Sanok Office of the County of Sanok Historical Museum in Sanok Museum of Folk Architecture in Sanok Municipal Public Library in Sanok School Complex No. 1 in Sanok Music School Complex in Sanok Polish Historical Association, Branch in Sanok Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme: 9:30–10:00 Commemoration of the Holocaust victims – the Jews in Sanok murdered during WWI (Jewish cemetery – corner of Kiczura and Głogowa Streets) 10:30–11:30 A museum lesson (visiting the Jewish exhibition at the Museum of Folk Architecture) 11:30–12:00 Film screening: Judaika w sanockim skansenie (The Judaica in the Open Air Museum in Sanok) (Museum of Folk Architecture, 3 Rybickiego Street) 12:30–13:30 Introduction to the presentation on the history of the Jews in Sanok made by the pupils of the School Complex No. 1 in Sanok, Joanna Albigowska, M.A. Multimedia presentation: History of the Jewish community in Sanok with a focus on the Jewish extermination sites by the pupils of the School Complex No. 1 in Sanok Meeting with the eyewitnesses who remember the Jews in Sanok (Historical Museum – the tapestry room in the castle, Zamkowa Street) 13:30–14:00 Lecture by Professor Elżbieta Rączy (The University of Rzeszów, Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów) Poles saving Jews in the south-eastern part of the Podkarpackie region (Historical Museum – the tapestry room in the castle, Zamkowa Street) 14:00 -14:30 Unveiling a commemorative plaque celebrating the Jews in Sanok (The entrance to the castle, Zamkowa Street) 17:00–19:00 Launch of the book: Ocalenie z innego miejsca (Saved from Another Place) by Abraham Werner, a Holocaust victim from Sanok Concert performed by the pupils of the Music School Complex in Sanok (Municipal Public Library, 2 Lenartowicza Street) Przeworsk 24th January 2017 (Tuesday)
Organizers:
Museum in Przeworsk, Castle and Park Complex Municipal Public Library in Przeworsk The PKTR Leliwa Cycling Association in Przeworsk “Przeworscy Patrioci” – Informal Association of the Local Patriots of Przeworsk Junior Secondary School No. 1 in Przeworsk Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme: 16:00–16:30 The Judaica in the collection of the Museum in Przeworsk, visiting the art exhibition. Introduction: Małgorzata Wołoszyn, M.A. (Museum in Przeworsk) (Museum in Przeworsk, Castle and Park Complex, 2 Park Street)
16:30–17:00 Commemoration of the Jews in Przeworsk, who were murdered (The commemorative plaque, 11 Listopada Street)
17:00–19:00 The Kamishabai theatre, Basia wyjechała do Ameryki (Basia Left for America). Script and performance by Magdalena Neuberg, based on Pamiętnik Basi Rosenberg (Basia Rosenberg’s Memoirs)
Zofia Rolska – A Forgotten Heroine, script and design of the exhibition: Henryk Prochowski (Director of the Municipal Public Library in Przeworsk), Visual design: Ewa Kurasiewicz (Public Library in Przeworsk)
Lecture by Anna Dawidowicz, M.A. (Jagiellonian University): The Jews of Przeworsk in the interwar period
Meeting of the inhabitants of Przeworsk with the Holocaust survivors and their families, as well as with the representatives of the families who saved the Jews during WWII
W blasku świecy (In cadlelight) – a spectacle by the pupils of the Junior Secondary School No. 1 in Przeworsk (Conference hall of the Office of the County of Przeworsk, 10 Jagiellońska Street) Grodzisko Dolne 24th January 2017 (Tuesday) Organizers:
Head of the Grodzisko Dolne District Community Centre in Grodzisko Dolne Franciszek Leja School Complex in Grodzisko Dolne John Paul II School Complex in Grodzisko Dolne Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
10:00–10:30 Commemoration of the slaughtered Jews from Grodzisko Dolne, at the Jewish cemetery in Grodzisko Dolne – a meeting with Barbara Brud, an eyewitness of those events (Jewish cemetery in Grodzisko Dolne. A walk to the cemetery from the Local Community Centre, 332 Grodzisko Dolne)
10:30–11:00 A walk down the Jewish Town (Assembly point: Local Community Centre, 332 Grodzisko Dolne)
11:00–12:00 Film screening: Miasteczko (A Town), directed by Jacek Gąsiorowski A history of the nostalgic return to the times of childhood of Ilex Beller, a Jew from Grodzisko, with a commentary by Bogumił Pempuś (Local Community Centre, 332 Grodzisko Dolne)
12:15–13:00 Bringing back the faces of the Jews in Grodzisko – a history lesson; Chair: Bogumił Pempuś (Local Community Centre, 332 Grodzisko Dolne)
Dębica 24th January 2017 (Tuesday)
Organizers:
Mayor of Dębica Society of the Enthusiasts of the Land of Dębica Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
11:00–12:00 A ceremony of laying a foundation stone in the Jordan Park, the place of the former Jewish ghetto, on the 75th Anniversary of its liquidation The Jordan Park, Głowackiego Street)
12:15–12:45 Commemoration of Leokadia and Aleksander Mikołajek, who saved the Jews during WWII (Mikołajkowów Square)
13:15–13:45 Commemoration of approx. 500 Jews in Kolbuszowa murdered by the Nazi Germans in the mass execution in July (Monument on the mass grave in the Wolica forest near Dębica) Tarnobrzeg
24th January 2017 (Tuesday) Organizers: Mayor of Tarnobrzeg Historical Society in Tarnobrzeg Museum of the History of the Town of Tarnobrzeg Doctor Michał Marczak Municipal Public Library in Tarnobrzeg The Nicolaus Copernicus Secondary Comprehensive School in Tarnbrzeg The Cultural Centre in Tarnobrzeg Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme: 24th January 2017 (Tuesday)
11:00–12:30 A walk down the Jewish sites of memory in Tarnobrzeg, along the so-called Jewish route (the Jewish district, synagogue, labour camp, ghetto, Jewish cemeteries, sites of extermination) (Historical Society in Tarnobrzeg) (Assembly point: Bartosz Głowacki Square, near the monument of Bartosz Głowacki) 12:30–13:00 Prayer for the Jews in Tarnobrzeg and the commemoration of the Holocaust victims (The Ohel in the new Jewish cemetery, M. Dąbrowskiej Street) 17:00–19:00 “... their silence is but a loud scream...”, an evening of Jewish poetry combined with a reading of the names of the Jews from Tarnobrzeg (Municipal Public Library in Tarnobrzeg, the Historical Society in Tarnobrzeg) An accompanying lecture by Tadeusz Zych, Associate Professor at the University of Rzeszów, Director of the Historical Society in Tarnobrzeg, History of the Jews in Tarnobrzeg (Lecture Hall, Municipal Public Library in Tarnobrzeg, 13 Szeroka Street – a former synagogue)
The Holocaust Remembrance Day in Tarnobrzeg also comprises the following events: 22nd January 2017 (Sunday) 17:00 –18:00 Preview of the exhibition by Marta Gołąb: Jewish Cut-outs (Historical Museum of the Town of Tarnobrzeg) (The Tarnowski Castle in Dzików, 27 Sandomierska Street) 25th January 2017 (Wednesday) 17:00–18:00 Przelotny gość (A Fleeting Visitor) – the performance by the pupils of the Nicolaus Copernicus Secondary Comprehensive School in Tarnbrzeg (The Small Hall at the Cultural Centre in Tarnobrzeg, 2 Słowackiego Street) 26th January 2017 (Thursday) 11:00–13:00 Film screening: Lauf, Junge, lauf (Run, Boy, Run), directed by Pepe Danquart 17.00–19.00 Film screenig: Korczak, directed by Andrzej Wajda (Cultural Centre in Tarnobrzeg, 2 Słowackiego Street) Accompanying events: 23-27th January 2017 Tarnobrzeg – A Town of Two Cultures – an exhibition in the library window (Municipal Public Library in Tarnobrzeg, 13 Szeroka Street) 9-13th January 2017 A cycle of history lessons on the Holocaust in the junior and senior secondary schools in Tarnobrzeg Wielopole Skrzyńskie 24th January 2017 (Tuesday)
Organizers:
Head of the District of Wielopole Skrzyńskie District Culture and Leisure Centre in Wielopole Skrzyńskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Ziemi Wielopolskiej Society of the Enthusiasts of the Land of Wielopole Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
12:00–12:15 Commemoration of the Holocaust victims displaced from Wielopole Skrzyńskie and the neighbouring villages in July 1942 (Assembly point: Office of the District of Wielopole Skrzyńskie, 200 Wielopole Skrzyńskie)
12:15–12:45 Welcome speech by Marek Tęczar, Head of the Wielopole Skrzyńskie District Lecture by Professor Władysław Tabasz: The situation of the Jews in Wielopole during the Nazi German occupation of Poland. (Office of the District of Wielopole Skrzyńskie, 200 Wielopole Skrzyńskie)
13:00–13:30 Performance by the youth theatre ensemble at the Junior Secondary School in Wielopole Skrzyńskie, which will introduce the participants to the Jewish culture and religion (Exhibition hall of the District Culture and Leisure Centre, 202 Wielopole Skrzyńskie)
13:30–14:15 A walk down the alley leading to the mass grave of the slaughtered Jewish inhabitants of Wielopole, and unveiling of the commemorative plaque
14:30–16:00 The cross-generation meeting at the “Kantorówka” Museum of Tadeusz Kantor Visiting an exhibition at the Tadeusz Kantor Remembrance Room (The “Kantorówka” Museum of Tadeusz Kantor, 242 Wielopole Skrzyńskie) Ulanów 24th January 2017 (Tuesday) Organizers:
District and Town Office in Ulanów Museum of Polish Rafting in Ulanów Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
18:00–18:30 Opening of the exhibition: The Shtetl of Ulanów
18:30–19:30 A lecture by Bartłomiej Pucko: History of the Jews in Ulanów, a town of two cultures (Museum of Polish Rafting in Ulanów, 4 Rynek Square) Przemyśl 25th January 2017 (Wednesday) Organizers: Mayor of Przemyśl Head of the County of Przemyśl Culture Centre in Przemyśl State Archives in Przemyśl Polish Historical Society, Branch in Przemyśl South-Eastern Academic Institute in Przemyśl The Renia Spiegel Foundation in New York Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region Programme: 9:30–10:00 Commemoration of the slaughtered Jews from the ghetto in Przemyśl, at the monument at 14 Kopernika Street. 10:30–11:00 Opening of the exhibition: Even a Bad Peace is Better than a Good War, from the collection of the State Archives in Przemyśl (State Archives in Przemyśl, 4 Lelewela Street) 11:00–15:00 Academic session: Even a Bad Peace is Better than a Good War, with the participation of the eyewitnesses of the 1939–1945 events. Official opening of the session, introduction – Anna Nowak, M.A., Director of the State Archives in Przemyśl Associate Professor Wacław Wierzbieniec (University of Rzeszów), Soviet and German totalitarism against the inhabitants of Przemyśl during WWII – a comparative approach Edyta Gawron, Ph.D. (Jagiellonian University), Holocaust – mass exterminations of the Jews in Eastern Europe Coffee break Anna Dawidowicz M.A. (Jagiellonian University), The Judaica collection of the State Archives in Przemyśl Elżbieta Potaczek, M.A. (University of Rzeszów), Saving the Jews by the Ukrainian community in Przemyśl during the German occupation Memory session with the participation of the eyewitnessess of the 1939–1945 events Discussion (State Archives in Przemyśl, 4 Lelewela Street) 15:30–16:30 A walk along the Jewish Przemyśl (Assembly point: Old Market Square in Przemyśl) 17:00–18:00 Launch of Renia Spiegel’s diary (an 18-year-old writer in Przemyśl, who was shot in 1942) Announcement of the results of the Second Renia Spiegel Poetry Contest for the Polish speaking young people from all over the world. Film trailer: Przemyśl – niespełnione marzenia (Przemyśl – Unfulfilled Dreams), directed by Tomasz Magierski (Renia Spiegel Foundation in New York) 18:00–18:30 Spectacle: Pamiętnik Blumki (Blumka’s Memoirs) performed by the “Mała Garderoba” Theatre Ensemble, based on Iwona Chmielewska’s book Pamiętnik Blumki (Blumka’s Memoirs). Scripted and directed by Barbara Płocica (Culture Centre, 9 Konarskiego Street) Łańcut 25th January 2017 (Wednesday) Organizers:
Mayor of Łańcut Head of the County of Łańcut Head of the District of Łańcut Cultural Centre of the District of Łańcut Municipal Public Library in Łańcut Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
16:30 Memories of the Jews saved from the Holocaust and their families – a meeting with the inhabitants of the District of Łańcut (Cultural Centre in Albigowa, 478 Albigowa)
17:30–18:30 Opening of the exhibition of photography by Konrad Grabowski, O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place... Hasids, the Shoah (Exhibition hall, 2 Moniuszki Street)
19:00–20:30 Tracing the memories – a meeting with Alfred Budzyński (a retired teacher, columnist, eyewitness of the Nazi German crimes) (Cultural Centre in Wysoka, 81 Wysoka)
Gniewczyna Łańcucka 25th January 2017 (Wednesday)
Organizers:
St. Matthew Parish in Gniewczyna Łańcucka Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
17:00–17:45 Service in memory of the Holocaust victims in Gniewczyna and the people who were responsible for their deaths (St. Matthew’s Church, 530 Gniewczyna Łańcucka)
Dukla 25th January 2017 (Wednesday) Organizers:
Mayor of Dukla The “Shtetl of Dukla” Association for the Protection of the Jewish Heritage in the Land of Dukla Cultural Centre in Dukla School Complex No. 2 in Dukla Public School Complex in Jasionka The Good Shepherd Polish Catholic Parish in Łęki Dukielskie The “Watra” Scout Troop No. 14 in Równe Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
9:00–9:30 Commemoration of the Holocaust victims – prayer and tribute (Monument in the Jewish cemetery in Dukla)
9:45–10:00 Reading a fragment of the eyewitnesses’ memories – Rabi Halberstam’s Death
10:00–10:30 Film screening: Historia ocalenia Żydówki z Jasionki (A Story of Saving a Jew from Jasionka)
10:30–11:00 Meeting with the guests (Exhibition hall at the Cultural Centre in Dukla, 38 Trakt Węgierski Street)
Łęki Dukielskie
21 January 2017 (Saturday)
15:00–16:00 Service to pray for the peace in the world in the Polish Catholic church, the place where Rev. Aleksander Piec was hiding Jewish women
16:00–16:30 Visiting a Remembrance Room and a lecture by Rev. Roman Jagiełło on the collection displayed (Polish Catholic church in Łęki Dukielskie, 107 Łęki Dukielskie)
Nowy Żmigród 25th January 2017 (Wednesday) Organizers:
Head of the District of Nowy Żmigród Society of the Enthusiasts of Nowy Żmigród District Community Centre in Nowy Żmigród Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
13:00–13:30 Prayer for the murdered Jews and laying flowers on the mass grave in Hałbów
14:00–14:30 Ecumenical prayer and laying flowers on the mass grave of the Jews at the Jewish cemetery in Nowy Żmigród (Jasielska Street)
15:00–15:30 Visiting the Museum of the History and Records Centre of the Land of Żmigród (History and Records of the Land of Żmigród Centre, 1 Dukielska Street)
15:45–16:00 Visiting an exhibition Jews in the Podkarpackie Region, from the collection of the Society of the Enthusiasts of the Land of Nowy Żmigród and the “Shtetl of Dukla” Association
16:00–16:15 Screening a film: Kamienie (Stones)
16:15–16:30 A sentimental story of the Jewish Żmigród before WWII presented by Jerzy Dębiec, President of the Society of the Enthusiasts of Nowy Żmigród, Director of the District Cultural Centre in Nowy Żmigród
16:30–17:00 Discussion, closure of the meeting (District Community Centre in Nowy Żmigród, 4 Mickiewicza Street)
Sędziszów Małopolski 25th January 2017 (Wednesday) Organizers:
Mayor of Sędziszów Małopolski Head of the Ropczyce-Sędziszów County “AntySchematy 2” Foundation Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
10:00–11:00 Prayer in the Jewish cemetery and commemoration of the Jews in Sędziszów murdered in July 1942 (Szkarpowa Street)
11:30–12:00 Sreening of the educational film: W cieniu pamięci (In the Shadow of Memory), directed by Tomasz Kocur Malec
12:00–13:00 Lecture by Katarzyna Szuszkiewicz, M.A. (Vice-President of the “AntySchematy 2” Foundation), Nazi German genocide 1941-1949
13:00–13:30 Lecture by Ewelina Malik. M.A. (member of the “AntySchematy 2” Foundation Board), A Lost child – Holocaust in the eyes of a child
13:30–14:00 Open lecture by Tomasz Kocur-Malec, M.A. (President of the “AntySchematy 2” Foundation): Jewish neighbourhood watch in Sędziszów Małopolski, 1940–1942 (Municipal and District Community Centre, 36 3-go Maja Street) Baranów Sandomierski 25th January 2017 (Wednesday)
Organizers:
Mayor of the Town and District of Baranów Sandomierski Municipal and District Community Centre in Baranów Sandomierski School and Educational Institution Complex in Baranów Sandomierski School Complex in Skopanie Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
15:00–15:20 Memory march, with lanterns, to the Jewish cemetery (Assembly point: Municipal and District Community Centre, 39 Fabryczna Street, a route about 1,5 km along Fabryczna Street)
15:20–15:40 Common prayer for the Jews in Baranów (Jewish cemetery in Baranów Sandomierski, Fabryczna Street)
16:00–18:00 Preview of a photography exhibition entitled: Baranów Sandomierski of Old, (from the private collections of the inhabitants of Baranów Sanomierski)
Lecture by Tadeusza Zycha, Associate Professor at the University of Rzeszów (Director of the Historical Museum of the Town of Tarnobrzeg): On the history of the Jews in Baranów Sandomierski and Poland
Piano recital performed by the students at of the Municipal and District Community Centre in Baranów Sandomierski, hosted by Katarzyna Bielska (Municipal and District Community Centre, 39 Fabryczna Street) Jasło 25th January 2017 (Wednesday)
Organizers:
Mayor of Jasło Regional Museum in Jasło Cultural Centre in Jasło Stanisław Pawłowski School Complex No. 3 in Jasło Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
25th January 2017 (Wednesday)
11:00–11:30 Commemoration of the Jews in Jasło at the commemorative plaque at the Jewish cemetery in Jasło (Jewish cemetery, Floriańska Street)
17:00–17:30 Opening of the exhibition: The Jewish Community in Jasło, Regional Museum in Jasło
17:30–18:00 Word-and-and music performance: Przeszłość, pamięć dla przyszłości (The Past – the Memory for the Future), prepared by the Stanisław Pawłowski School Complex No. 3 in Jasło, directed by Magdalena Białek and Edyta Jamrogiewicz (Regional Museum in Jasło, 11 Kadyiego Street)
26th January 2017 (Thursday)
17:00–18:00 Film: Saul fia (Saul’s Son), directed by László Nemes (Syrena Cinema, 8 Sokoła Street) Zarszyn – Nowosielce 25th January 2017 (Wednesday)
Organizers:
Head of the District of Zaryszyn Volunteer Fire Brigade in Nowosielce School Complex at the Agricultural Education Centre in Nowosielce Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
13:00–13:30 Commemoration of the Jews shot in the forest near Nowosielce
14:30–15:00 Opening of the exhibition: Jews in Nowosielce and the Neighbourhood
15:00–16:00 Memories of the inhabitants of Nowosielce on the life and customs of the Jews in Nowosielce
16:00–16:30 Screening of the film: Judaika w sanockim Skansenie (The Judaica in the Open Air Museum in Sanok), Museum of Folk Architecture in Sanok
16:30–17:30 Presentation of Jewish cuisine – tasting of Jewish dishes (Cultural Centre in Nowosielce, 22 Nowosielce)
Bełżec 25th January 2017 (Wednesday)
Organizers:
Memorial and Museum in Bełżec Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
12:00–13:30 Educational classes for the school pupils, devoted to the history of the Extermination Camp in Bełżec 13:30–14:00 Commemoration of the victims of the extermination camp in Bełżec, mostly Jews from South-Eastern Poland (Memorial and Museum in Bełżec, 4 Ofiar Obozu Street)
Kolbuszowa 26th January 2017 (Thursday)
Organizers:
Mayor of the Town and District of Kolbuszowa All Saints’ Parish in Kolbuszowa Municipal and County Public Library in Kolbuszowa J.M. Goslar Regional Society of Culture in Kolbuszowa Collection and Archives of the Wesołowski Family in Kolbuszowa The Janek Bytnar Scout Troop of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association (ZHP) in Kolbuszowa Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
10:00–10:30 Commemoration of the Jews in Kolbuszowa, who were murdered, in the Jewish cemetery in Kolbuszowa (Krakowska Street)
10:30–11:00 Commemoration of the the Righteous Among the Nations in the parochial cemetery in Kolbuszowa (Narutowicza Street)
17:00–18:00 Lecture by Andrzej and Karol Wesołowski (Archives and Collections of the Wesołowski Family in Kolbuszowa), entitled: Let Us Bring the Memory Back Historians’ Club in Kolbuszowa (Municipal and County Public Library in Kolbuszowa, 7 Piłsudskiego Street) Markowa 26th January 2017 (Thursday)
Organizatorzy:
Organizers:
Head of the District of Markowa The Ulma Family Museum of Poles Saving Jews in World War II in Markowa “Soar” – the Ulma Family Foundation District Cultural Centre in Markowa The Ulma Family School Complex in Markowa Jan Rak School Complex in Husów Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
12-13th January 2017 Educational workshops on the subjects related to the Holocaust for the school pupils of the District of Markowa
26th January 2017 (Thursday) 10:00–12:00 A Guard of honour held by the “Wagabunda” Multilevel Scout Troop No. 11
Laying flowers under the monument of the Ulma family in Markowa (Near the Open Air museum and Cultural Centre of the District of Markowa, 1491 Markowa)
Laying flowers in the site of the execution of the Jews in Markowa
16:00–17:00 9th Meeting of the Culture of Memory Society in Łańcut
17:00–18:30 Short film review on the subject of the Holocaust (The Ulma Family Museum of Poles Saving Jews in World War II in Markowa, 1487 Markowa) Kołaczyce 26th January 2017 (Thursday) Organizers:
Mayor of Kołaczyce District Cultural Centre in Kołaczyce “AntySchematy 2” Foundation District Museum in Tarnów, Cultural Institution of the Małopolskie Province The “Shtetl of Dukla” Association for the Protection of the Jewish Heritage in the Land of Dukla Andrzej Małkowski KGDH “Wilki” Scout Troop No. 307 at the Primary School in Kołaczyce Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
10:00–11:00 Commemoration of the Holocaust victims in the Land of Kołaczyce at the mass grave in the forest in Krajowce
11:15–11:30 Opening of the ceremony by Małgorzata Salacha, the Mayor of Kołaczyce
11:30–12:15 Presentations by Tomasz Kocur-Malec (Vice-president of the “AntySchematy 2” Foundation): The Holocaust – history of the memory site and Tolerance, respect, conscience
12:15–12:30 Opening of the photography exhibition: Hassids’ Ghosts under the Bimah by Natalia Gancarz (District Museum in Tarnów)
12:30–13:30 The Jews of Kołaczyce in Memoirs – with the participation of the descendants of the Berl family
Commemoration day in memory of Jascha Dor-Ner (née Berl), daughter of Abraham Berl in Kołaczyce
13:30–14:00 Screening of the film: Sumienie (Conscience) from the collection of Jacek and Joanna Koszczan, The “Shtetl of Dukla” Association for the Protection of the Jewish Heritage in the Land of Dukla (Reception hall of the Cultural Centre in Kołaczyce, 11 Szewska Street)
Lesko 26th January 2017 (Thursday)
Organizers:
Mayor of Lesko Head of the Lesko County The Bieszczady European Foundation Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
17:00–19:00 Meeting with Romuald Zwonarz, a son of Franciszka and Józef Zwonarz – the Righteous among the Nations of the World in Lesko (Conference hall of the Cultural Centre, 5 Piłsudskiego Street)
Dydnia 26th January 2017 (Thursday)
Organizers:
Head of the District of Dydnia School Complex in Dydnia Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme: 9:00–10:40 Academic session “The Land of Dydnia – a melting pot of cultures and religions” Session opening Associate Professor Wacław Wierzbieniec (University of Rzeszów), Religious life in the Shtetl before the Holocaust Rev. Professor Stanisław Nabywaniec (University of Rzeszów), On the history of tolerance in Poland Jerzy F. Adamski (Head of the District of Dydnia), Sketches on the history of the Jews under the German occupation in the region of Brzozów Discussion
10:40–11:00 Coffee break
11:00–11:50 Screening the film: Cud purymowy (The Purim Miracle), directed by Izabella Cywińska
11:50–12:10 Summing up of the activities related to the implementation of “The School of tolerance” programme Presentation of the results of the competition which involved interviews conducted by children and teenagers with the eyewitnesses of WWII from the District of Dydnia, as well as youngster-made comic strips on tolerance – the award ceremony for the winners and participants
In January 2017 the cycle of history lessons was conducted in the forms IV– VI of the Primary School and forms I–III of the Junior Secondary School on the subjects related to the Holocaust Dynów 26th January 2017 (Thursday) Organizers:
Mayor of Dynów Association for the Promotion and Development of the Region of Dynów – Society of the Enthusiasts of the Land of Dynów Centre of the History of Polish Jews in Dynów Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme: 14:00–14:40 Opening of the exhibition: Jewish Citizens of Dynów in Photography, Post- cards, Mementoes and the Power Enchanted in Nina Talbot’s Pictures – Society of the Enthusiasts of the Land of Dynów (Session Room in the Municipal Office, 2 Rynek Square)
14:30–15:00 Lecture by Professor Elżbieta Rączy (Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów) Extermination of the Jews in Dynów during WWII (Session Room in the Municipal Office, 2 Rynek Square)
15:15–15:45 Word-and-music programme (Session Room in the Municipal Office, 2 Rynek Square)
16:00–18:00 Remembrance meeting Visiting the Ohel in the old Jewish cemetery in Dynów Commemoration of the Jews in Dynów murdered in September 1939, at the new Jewish cemetery in Dynów Meeting in the Centre of the e History of the Polish Jews in Dynów Lubaczów 26th January 2017 Horyniec Zdrój, Basznia Dolna 25th January 2017 Organizers: Mayor of Lubaczów Head of the County of Lubaczów Head of the District of Lubaczów Head of the District of Horyniec Władysław Broniewski Municipal Public Library in Lubaczów Museum of the Polish Eastern Borderland in Lubaczów Society of the Enthusiasts of the Land of Lubaczów Enthusiasts Society of the Enthusiasts of the Land of Horyniec Horyniec Spa Sp. z o.o. (limited liability company) 1st degree State Music School in Lubaczów Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
25th January 2017 (Wednesday) Horyniec Zdrój 17:00–19:00 Open meeting with the Holocaust survivors and the representatives of the second generation of the Jews whose parents were saved from the Holocaust, as well as the representatives of the families who saved Jews during World War II (Sanacja Cafe in Horyniec Zdrój, Zdrojowy Park) Basznia Dolna 17:00–19:00 Meeting with the Holocaust survivors and the representatives of the second generation of the Jews saved from the Holocaust (Cultural Centre in Basznia Dolna, 11 Jana III Sobieskiego Street)
26th January 2017 (Thursday) 12:30–13:30 Meeting at the Museum of the Polish Eastern Borderland in Lubaczów, focused on the history of the Jewish community in Lubaczów, and a visit to the Jewish exhibition (Museum of the Polish Eastern Borderland, 4 Jana III Sobieskiego Street) 14:00–14:30 Commemoration of the Jews in Lubaczów (Memorial obelisk in honour of the Jews in Lubaczów and its area slaughtered on the “Plebańskie Pole” field near Dachnów) 14:30–15:30 Meeting for the guests of the ceremony at the Kresowa Osada (Borderland Settlement) in Basznia Dolna 15:30–16:00 Visiting the Museum of the Kresowa Osada (Borderland Settlement) in Basznia Dolna 17:00–19:00 Meeting with the Holocaust survivors and their families, as well as the people who saved Jews during WWII Recital performed by the pupils and teachers of the 1st degree State Music School in Lubaczów (Władysław Broniewski Municipal Public Library in Lubaczów, 18 Kościuszki Street) Leżajsk 26th January 2017 (Thursday)
Organizers:
Mayor of Leżajsk Head of the County of Leżajsk The Museum of the Land of Leżajsk King Bolesław Chrobry Secondary Comprehensive School Complex in Leżajsk King Władysław Jagiełło Municipal Junior Secondary School in Leżajsk Municipal Culture Centre in Leżajsk Public Library in Leżajsk Office of the Town’s History Records Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme:
10:00–13:00 Let Us Bring the Memory Back – a meeting to celebrate the International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Introduction and lecture by Dariusz Półćwiartek, Ph.D. (Secondary Comprehensive School Complex in Leżajsk): The history of the Jews in Leżajsk during the interwar period and WW II
Meeting with the Holocaust survivors and their families, as well as the people who saved the Jews during WWII and their descendants
Presentation of the final results of the competition for the students of the Municipal Junior Secondary School in Leżajsk “A Virtual Model of Leżajsk from the Interwar Period” “A Street Game with the Elements of the Jewish Culture of the Interwar Period in Leżajsk” Mini-recital of the “Cantiamo” choir, conducted by Barbara Kuczek (Museum of the Land of Leżajsk, 20 A Mickiewicza Street) Strzyżów 26th January 2017 (Thursday) Organizers: Mayor of Strzyżów Julian Przyboś District and Municipal Public Library in Strzyżów Society of the Enthusiasts of the Land of Strzyżów Adam Mickiewicz Secondary Comprehensive School in Strzyżów Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region
Programme: 15:30–16:45 Screening of the film: Chleba naszego powszedniego (Our Daily Bread), on the Ulma family and other people who saved the Jews of Markowa. Producer: Municipal Cultural Centre in Łańcut. Project originator: Andrzej Piechowski, Executive producers: Katarzyna and Mirosław Mazurkiewicz, Assistant Director: Kornel Pieńko, Cinematography: Kamil Krawiec (“Sokół” Community Centre, 2 Mostowa Street)
17:00–20:00 Commemorative evening in memory of the Holocaust victims Lecture by Mateusz Szpytma Ph.D. (co-founder of the Ulma Family Museum of the Poles Saving Jews in World War II in Markowa): The Ulma family and the museum in their honour Mirosław Czarnik, M.A. (Secondary Comprehensive School in Strzyżów): Introduction to the Holocaust Multimedia presentation: The Holocaust in photography – another look at the question of the Shoah, by Mirosław Czarnik Meeting with Zofia Rusek i Danuta Skóra – authors of the book: Społeczność żydowska w dawnym Strzyżowie i okolicy – historia i wspomnienia (Jewish Community in the Strzyżów of Old and its Neighbourhood – History and Memories) Jehuda Amichaj’s poems in the interpretation of Radosław Kozak (Member of the “Archē” Creative Circle) Meeting with the representatives of the families who survived the Holocaust (Julian Przyboś District and Municipal Public Library in Strzyżów, 6 Przecławczyka Street) Rzeszów 27th January 2017 (Friday)
Organizers:
Mayor of Rzeszów Diocesal Curia in Rzeszów Institute of History at the University of Rzeszów Department of Jewish History and Culture, HI (Holocaust Institute), University of Rzeszów Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Rzeszów Polish Historical Society, Branch in Rzeszów Foundation for the Preservation of the Jewish Heritage Education Office for the Podkarpackie Region Teacher Training Centre for the Podkapackie Region “Drzewo Oliwne” Community in Warsaw “Wspólnota Polska” (Polish Community) Association
Programme: 8:30–9:30 The Word of God – a service related to the Day of Judaism in the Catholic Church in Poland, combined with the reading of the names of the Poles from the Rzeszów region who were killed for helping Jews and for the Jews who were killed together with them (St. Adalbert and St. Stanislaus Parochial Church in Rzeszów, 5 Farny Square) 10:00–11:00 Commemoration of the Holocaust victims, a prayer with the participation of Rabi Shalom Ber Stambler (Chabad-Lubawicz of Warsaw) (New Jewish cemetery, Rejtana Avenue – entrance from Dołowa Street)
11:30–12:30 Accounts of the Holocaust survivors and their families
12:30–13:00 Launch of the book: Materiały źródłowe do dziejów Żydów w Rzeszowie w czasie niemieckiej okupacji (Source Materials on the History of the Jews in Rzeszów during the German Occupation), edited by Elżbieta Rączy, Wacław Wierzbienie, Grzegorz Zamoyski
13:00–14:00 Lecture by Professor Szymon Redlich (historian, lecturer at the Ben-Gurion University), The importance of the recalled sources for the historical research Chair: Associate Professor Wacław Wierzbieniec Accompanying exhibition devoted to the commemoration of the Jews in Rzeszów – author: Marta Lasota, M.A.(Museum of the University of Rzeszów) (Rector’s Office Building, University of Rzeszów, entrance hall – ground floor, 16c Rejtana Avenue) 14:30 – 15:30 Open lecture. Lea Dror Batalion (University of Haifa, Israel), Samuel Milka Batalion and his vision of leading the Holocaust survivors to the new life (University of Rzeszów, Institute of History, 2nd floor, room No. 226, 16 c Rejtana Avenue)
With kind regards,
Associate Professor Wacław Wierzbieniec
Director of the Jewish History and Culture Department at the History Institute of the University of Rzeszów, main organizer of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Podkarpackie Province
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Contact person:
Joanna Elżbieta Potaczek, M.A. Co-ordinator of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Podkarpackie Region Phone: +48 782-682-544, e-mail: [email protected]