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Museum of the History of Polish Jews Fall 2011 Newsletter Photos: Marek Łoś FALL 2011 The Museum Gets Its Face INSTALLATION OF THE MUSEUM’S COPPER-GLASS FAÇADE BEGINS The Museum’s walls are up! The Museum’s unique copper-and-glass exterior creates a dynamic interplay between light and form, captivating visitors with its dramatic backlit views. With the successful completion by Polimex-Mostostal S.A. of the building’s structure, the glass panels are being embellished with a special screen print pattern of elegant letters taken from Latin and Hebrew alphabets. Together, the the Hebrew word for Poland — interpreted — (פולין) ”letters signify the word “Polin as “Po-lin”: po (“here”) lin (“[you should] dwell”). In the dramatic reach of the building’s exterior, the medium is the message. Reported to have come to Poland’s first Jewish settlers from a divine voice, the message of Polin was interpreted as a haven for Jews. Now, in this very place, a thousand years of Jewish history shines through, as visitors will experience in the light of the building’s façade. As they enter the Museum grounds, viewers will see the symbols of a thriving and creative culture reflected in the letters and relayed through their material design: the fragility 1 of glass, the sturdiness of copper, and the illumination of light shed on the past and | in celebration of an active Polish Jewish cultural center. A Museum for the Jewish People A Museum for the Jewish A Museum for the Jewish People A Museum for the Jewish news mhpj Meet the Museum leadership MESSAGE Piotr Wiślicki Marian Turski FROM Chairman of the Board Chairman of the Council Association of the Museum of the History Jewish Historical of Polish Jews Institute of Poland Photo: Marek Łoś “ For generations my family was active in social and political life, both Jewish and Polish. My commitment to the Museum of the History of Polish Jews continues a family tradition of public service. For me, this Museum affirms the permanence of Jewish life on Polish soil.” — Piotr Wiślicki A dream coming true! this exhibition, which will occupy more than a third of the building (43,000 square feet), is exclusively The Museum of the History of Polish Jews is the responsibility of the Association. becoming a reality before our very eyes. It has been a long path from 1995, when the Association On January 25, 2005, The Association, an NGO of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland initiated created in the 1950s to preserve the history and the project, to April 2013, the 70th anniversary of culture of Polish Jews, established a partnership the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, when the Museum with the Minister of Culture and National Heritage “Who is the Museum for? For Poles – particularly Polish youth – to offer them a virtual way of filling the void left after almost 1,000 years of Jewish presence on Polish soil. For Jews – particularly Israeli youth – to make them familiar with a very important chapter in their past; indeed, for many centuries Poland was home to the largest and most significant Jewish Diaspora community. For everyone – to give all people the opportunity to explore a Jewish community that offered world civilization fabulous thinkers, leaders, scholars, writers, musicians and painters.” — Marian Turski will open. The centerpiece of the Museum will be and the Mayor of Warsaw, who signed a formal 2 agreement to establish the Museum as an institution. 1,000 Years of Jewish Life in Poland, a multimedia | narrative exhibition. The production and funding of This private-public partnership is unique in Poland. news mhpj Under the founding act, the public party finances 79 million (approx. USD $25 million) has been raised the construction of the Museum building, at a cost to date for the design and production. The Naming of approximately PLN 200 million (approx. USD Campaign is intended to secure the remaining funds. $65 million), while the Association must finance and We express our appreciation to all those who have produce the Core Exhibition, at a cost of over PLN made it possible to bring the project to this stage. We 117 million (approx. USD $40 million). now invite your support to complete the production The support of individual and institutional donors of the Core Exhibition. Help us tell the story of what all over the world has helped to make the Museum a was once the world’s largest Jewish community. Join national institution on a world stage. More than PLN us in celebrating the great civilization they created. n Agnieszka Rudzińska Director Museum of the History of Polish Jews In Poland the hand of history weighs heavily on individual lives and mine is no exception. After the war, the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto, where the Nazis had imprisoned half a million Jews and whose walls bordered my parents’ house, filled my childhood imagination with thoughts of those who fought and Photo: Marek Łoś died on the place where the Ghetto Uprising Memorial stands today. “The ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto, where I have been working with the Museum of the History the Nazis had imprisoned half a million of Polish Jews for the last ten years. As an organization Jews and whose walls bordered my parents’ and above all as an idea, this Museum will be the starting point of a transformative journey for young house, filled my childhood imagination Poles and Jews alike. It is a grand mission. with thoughts of those who fought and died The Museum is now entering a new stage. The on the place where the Ghetto Uprising building is nearing completion, and we are developing Memorial stands today.” the organizational structure, staffing, and programs — Agnieszka Rudzińska for the Museum to be fully operational when it opens in April 2013. Polish Jews in the very place where it happened, The Museum of the History of Polish Jews will the Museum will provide a memorable experience welcome hundreds of thousands of visitors a year, in a unique environment. The Museum’s luminous many of them from abroad. Through the Core architecture will provide a welcoming setting for Exhibition and the Museum’s many educational exploration, reflection, and dialogue. Join us. Your 3 and cultural programs, they will discover the living support will allow us to complete the project in time | legacy of Jewish civilization. By telling the story of for the opening in April 2013. n news mhpj MESSAGE FROM Tad Taube HANDS-ON HISTORY: Co-Chairman, Distinguished Benefactors Committee The Wooden Synagogue As the last stages of the building façade are put into place, we eagerly look forward to the 2013 opening of the Cupola Project Museum of the History of Polish Jews. This past summer, the town of Sanok, Poland, echoed with the sounds Standing on the ground of what once of axes and saws as an international group of volunteers — historians, was the Warsaw Ghetto, the Museum artists, master timber framers, architectural preservationists, and students will be a site for the living, as well as a — came together to recreate the 17th century Gwoździec synagogue, keeper of memories — as the flames of destroyed during World War I. This reconstruction project is unique: the lives that came before must also be under the tutelage of the Handshouse Studio and Timber Framers Guild, kept alive for the benefit of humankind. the volunteers are building the synagogue replica of the timber-framed This is an ambitious undertaking, and roof and painted ceiling by hand, using only the tools and techniques one we approach with pride. of the period. This process of learning-by-building gives unparalleled As we continue to welcome new historical authenticity and deep cultural significance to the re-creation, supporters and distinguished visitors and makes it the perfect centerpiece for the Museum’s Core Exhibition. to participate in the Museum’s progress and success, we skillfully prepare the beautiful, modern, and interactive spaces that will serve as an invitation to all to learn about the history of Polish Jews, one inseparable from the other. I know, because Polish Jewish history is also my history. My family and I left Poland just before the Nazi invasion on September 1, 1939. A lucky child, I was able to live a free and prosperous life in the United States of America. It is that freedom and richness of spirit and hope that this Museum stands for, and will be its great achievement. 4 This summer, in Sanok, Poland, an international crew of timber craftsmen and students worked on | the building of a replica of the timber-framed roof of the ornate wooden synagogue that stood for Tad Taube 300 years in the town of Gwo´zdziec, now in Ukraine. news Honorary Consul for the Republic of Poland Chairman, Taube Philanthropies President, Koret Foundation mhpj Photos: Handshouse Studio MESSAGE FROM Carol Stulberg Western Regional Once the roof was raised in Sanok, the team moved on to Rzeszów, Director Kraków, and Wrocław, where they hand-painted three of the eight ceiling The Museum of the History of Polish panels. The workshop in Wrocław took place in the restored White Stork Jews presents a historic opportunity Synagogue, in cooperation with the Jewish Community of Wrocław. The to honor and preserve ten centuries of last five painting workshops will take place in synagogues in different Jewish life, history and culture in Poland. cities in Poland during the summer of 2012. The local population is This exceptional educational institution always invited to presentations of the project during the workshops. will serve as a living legacy, providing When completed, the synagogue exhibit will serve not only as a multitudes of visitors with extraordinary monument to the preservation of Jewish cultural history but as a symbol resources for understanding the of the celebration of its continuation.
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