VIII International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Podkarpackie province under the patronage of Wladyslaw Ortyl – the Marshal of Podkarpackie Province 25-29 January 2016 Krosno 25.01.2016 (Monday) Dukla, Rymanów 25.01.2016 (Monday) Markowa, Jaroslaw, Przeworsk, Przemyśl, Bircza 26.01.2016 (Tuesday) Rzeszów 27.01.2016 (Wednesday) Dubiecko, Sędziszów Malopolski, Kolbuszowa, Lubaczów 28.01.2016 (Thursday) Lańcut, Rzeszów, Dynów 29.01.2016 (Friday)
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VIII International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Podkarpackie
province under the patronage of Władysław Ortyl – the Marshal of Podkarpackie Province
Organizers: The President of Krosno The State School of Higher Professional Education named after Stanisław Pigon in Krosno The Association “Czyń dobro, mimo wszystko” in Krosno The Association “Olszówka” The Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Department of Culture and History of Jews of the Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszów branch The Polish Historical Society, branch in Rzeszów The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage Podkarpackie Education Office Podkarpackie Centre of Education for Teachers Stradom Centre of Dialogue in Cracow Programme: 10:45 – 11:00 - Commemoration of Holocaust Victims – Jewish cemetery
(Ks. Władysława Sarny Street)
11:30 - 12:00 - Commemoration of Krosno Jews at the memorial plaque at the site of the former ghetto (9 Franciszkańska Street, Goneta Opticians)
12.00 – 12.30 Promotion of the book by Elżbieta Rączy and Michał Kalisz Dzieje społeczności żydowskiej powiatu gorlickiego podczas okupacji niemieckiej 1939-1945. Host: Michał Kalisz (The Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszów branch)
(The State School of Higher Professional Education named after Stanisław Pigon in Krosno, 8 Kazimierza Wielkiego Street)
12:30 - 14:00 - Oxford Debate “The Passive Attitude in extreme situations cannot be accepted – Holocaust during World War II”
Hosts: PhD Elżbieta Rączy (Rzeszów University, The Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszów branch), Jakub Izdebski (The Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszów branch)
(The State School of Higher Professional Education named after Stanisław Pigon in Krosno, 8 Kazimierza Wielkiego Street)
14:00 – 14:30 - Lecture with Prof. Szewach Weiss ( Israeli politician, Israeli political scientist, former Israeli Ambassador to Poland 2001-2003, The Speaker of the Knesset 1992-1996) titled “People and places…” (The State School of Higher Professional Education named after Stanisław Pigon in Krosno) (The State School of Higher Professional Education named after Stanisław Pigon in
Krosno, 8 Kazimierza Wielkiego Street) 17:00 – 18:30 - Performance „Mazl tov” directed by Gołda Tencer – The Ester Rachel Kamińska and Ida Kamińska Jewish Theatre from Warsaw (The Regional Centre of Borderland Cultures in Krosno, 1 Kolejowa Street)
Dukla 25.01.2016 (Monday)
Organizers:
The Mayor of Dukla The Association for the Heritage Protection of the Jews of Dukla “Sztetl Dukla” The Centre of Culture in Dukla The School Complex no. 2 in Dukla The Public Schools Complex in Jasionka The Polish-Catholic parish church of Good Shepherd in Łęki Dukielskie 14th Scouting Team "Watra" from Równe Nowy Zmigrod Society The Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Department of Culture and History of Jews of the Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszów branch The Polish Historical Society, branch in Rzeszów The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage Podkarpackie Education Office Podkarpackie Centre of Education for Teachers
Programme:
11:00 – 11:30 – Commemoration of Holocaust victims (monument at Dukla cemetery) 11:45 – 12:30 – Screening of the film “Sumienie” [Conscience] – Performance Hall of The
Centre of Culture in Dukla - Meeting with Anna Szubrycht – the Righteous among the Nations
- Reading fragments of Józef Guzik’s memoirs (in Polish and Hebrew) – the Jew saved by Welcer family (parents of Anna Szubrycht) from Cergowa
- related exhibition (Performance Hall of The Centre of Culture in Dukla, 38 Trakt Węgierski Street) 13:00 - 13:30 - Visiting The Polish-Catholic parish church of Good Shepherd in Łęki Dukielskie. It is a place where the priest Alexander Bake during World War II hid four Jews. One of them Mrs. Aniela Arluk funded stained glass, altar, floor, plaque and many other things to this church. Mrs.Aniela Arluk died in Munich on 12 November 2015. A visit to this church will be a tribute to her.
Rymanów 25.01.2016 (Monday)
Organizers:
The Mayor of Rymanów The Association for the Heritage Protection of the Jews of Rymanów “Spotkanie Rymanów” The Public School Complex in Rymanów Hotel “Jaś Wędrowniczek” in Rymanów The Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Department of Culture and History of Jews of the Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszów branch The Polish Historical Society, branch in Rzeszów The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage Podkarpackie Education Office Podkarpackie Centre of Education for Teachers Programme: 10:00 – 12:00 – Meeting of Holocaust survivors with young people from Rymanów (The Public School Complex in Rymanów, 2 Szkolna Street) 17:00 – 18:00 - Meeting at the Jewish House Małki Shacham Doron
- Presentation of the material devoted to “Jewish Inhabitants of Rymanów Remembrance Days” taking place since 2008
18:15 - Meeting of invited guests with the town authorities and its inhabitants (Restaurant “Jaś Wędrowniczek” in Rymanów, 8 Bieleckiego Street)
Markowa, 25-29.01.2016 (Monday -Tuesday)
Organizers:
The Markowa Commune Head The Museum of Poles Saving Jews During the World War II named after Ulma Family in Markowa The Cultural Centre of Markowa Commune The Public School Complex named after the Ulma Family in Markowa The Public School Complex named after Jan Rak in Husów The Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Department of Culture and History of Jews of the Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszów branch The Polish Historical Society, branch in Rzeszów The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage Podkarpackie Education Office Podkarpackie Centre of Education for Teachers
Programme:
25-29.01.2016 (Monday-Friday)
- Series of history lessons devoted to Holocaust in each class of primary schools and junior secondary schools
- Thematic competition in grades 4-6 and junior high school
- Visiting The Museum of Poles Saving Jews During the World War II named after Ulma Family in Markowa
26.01.2016 (Tuesday)
9:00 – 9:30 - The Guard of Honour presented by The Scout Team “Wagabunda” before 11
- Laying flowers on the Ulma family grave in Markowa
29.01.2016 (Friday)
12:00 - The presentation of the prizes funded by The The Cultural Centre of Markowa Commune during the assembly at The Public School Complex named after the Ulma Family in Markowa and at The Public School Complex named after Jan Rak in Husów
Jarosław 26.01.2016 (Tuesday) Organizers: The Mayor of Jarosław The District Governor of Jarosław The Culture and Christian Formation Centre named after Anna Jenke in Jarosław
The Complex of General and Technical Secondary Schools named after Stefan Banach in Jarosław
The Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Department of Culture and History of Jews of the Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszów branch The Polish Historical Society, branch in Rzeszów The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage Podkarpackie Education Office Podkarpackie Centre of Education for Teachers Programme: 10:00 – Mass devoted to Holocaust victims from Podkarpacie (The Church of Saint
Nicholas and Stanisław in Jarosław (Abbey in Jarosław, 5 Benedyktyńska Street) 11:00 – 12:00 - Accounts of survivors of Holocaust and their families
Host: professor Wacław Wierzbieniec
Related exhibition: “International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Podkarpackie province – 2008-2016” by Joanna Elżbieta Potaczek MA (Rzeszów University, Centre for Dialogue and Culture between Religions and Nations of The Bronisław Markiewicz State Higher School of Technology and Economics in Jarosław)
(Abbey in Jarosław, 5 Benedyktyńska Street)
Przeworsk 26.01.2016 (Tuesday)
Organizers: Museum in Przeworsk. The Palace-Park Complex The Association PKTR Leliwa in Przeworsk The Informal Association Przeworscy Patrioci Gymnasium No 1 in Przeworsk The Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Department of Culture and History of Jews of the Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszów branch The Polish Historical Society, branch in Rzeszów The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage Podkarpackie Education Office Podkarpackie Centre of Education for Teachers Programme: 14:00 – 15:30 – “Circle of life- from birth to death in Jewish tradition” – performance of
pupils from Gymnasium No 1 in Przeworsk Meeting of young people from school with the representatives of families
who saved Jewish lives during World War II: Jan Szozda and Zofia Lasek with Holocaust survivors and their families
- Related exhibition “Jews in Przeworsk until 1939” by Małgorzata Wołoszyn MA (Museum in Przeworsk. The Palace-Park Complex) (Conference Hall of the Poviat Office in Przeworsk, 10 Jagiellońska Street ) 15:30 – 16:00 - Commemoration of murdered Jews of Przeworsk
(commemoration plaque - near Przeworsk bus station)
Przemyśl 26.01.2016 (Tuesday)
Organizers: The President of Przemyśl The South-Eastern Academic Institute from Przemyśl The Cultural Centre in Przemyśl Foundation named after Renia Spiegel from Warsaw and New York The Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Department of Culture and History of Jews of the Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszów branch The Polish Historical Society, branch in Rzeszów The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage Podkarpackie Education Office Podkarpackie Centre of Education for Teachers Programme: 14:00 – 16:00 - Walk along the Jewish district of Przemyśl (synagogues and place where the
synagogues used to be, two Jewish cemeteries, Jewish hospital, old people’s home, area bordering the former ghetto, Gestapo headquarters)
The walk begins at the market square 17:30 – 19:30 – Presentation of Reni Spiegel’s memoirs and poetry (18 year old writer from
Przemyśl shot in 1942) with participation of Reni Spiegel’s sister – Ariana Elżbieta Bellak from New York (Polish Shirley Temple in 1939)
- Award ceremony for laureates of the First Poetry Competition named after
Reni Spiegel for Polish-speaking young people from all over the world
- Performance of “Dziennik Reni Spiegel” script by Tomasz Magierski, directed by Barbara Płocica
(the Culture Centre in Przemyśl, 9 Konarskiego Strret)
The works of Reni Spiegel will be presented during the Holocaust Remembrance Week in January 2016 in New York The accompanying exhibition “Miasteczko Bełz “ [The little town Bełz], photographs by Jacek Szwic (the Culture Centre in Przemyśl, 9 Konarskiego Strret)
Bircza 26.01.2016 (Tuesday)
Organizers:
Public Middle School no. 1 in Bircza The Association supporting the development of education in countryside areas “Szansa” in Bircza The Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Department of Culture and History of Jews of the Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszów branch The Polish Historical Society, branch in Rzeszów The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage Podkarpackie Education Office Podkarpackie Centre of Education for Teachers
Programme:
9:00- 9:30 - Commemoration of Holocaust victims from Bircza and surrounding areas at the place of mass extermination on Kamienna Góra
10.00-11.00 - Recitation competition entitled “I ciągle widzę ich twarze…” [I still see their faces…”]
11.00 -11.30 – Screening of the film entitled: “800 Żydów z naszego miasteczka” [800 Jews from our town]
11.30-12.15 – Theatre performance of Żywa pracownia talentów – the Association supporting the development of education in countryside areas “Szansa” in Bircza
12.15 -12:30- Results of the art and photo competition devoted to Holocaust and Jewish heritage
12.30 - Opening of the exhibition
(Municipal Centre of Culture, Sport and Tourism in Bircza, 8 Rynek Street)
Rzeszów 27.01.2016 (Wednesday)
Organizers: The President of Rzeszów Diocesan Curia in Rzeszów Association "Polish Community", branch in Rzeszów The Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Department of Culture and History of Jews of the Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszów branch The Polish Historical Society, branch in Rzeszów The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage Podkarpackie Education Office Podkarpackie Centre of Education for Teachers Stradom Centre of Dialogue in Cracow Programme: 10:00 – 11:00 – Commemoration of Holocaust victims, prayer with participation of rabbi
Shalom Ber Stamblera - Chabad-Lubawicz from Warsaw (New Jewish Cemetery, Al. Rejtana - entrance from Dołowa Street) 11:30 – 12:30 – Accounts of those saved from the Holocaust and their families 12:30 – 13:30 – Lectures by Professor Jacek Leonciak and Alina Skibińska PhD (Centre for
Holocaust Research at Warsaw) entitled “Centre for Holocaust Research: research and editorial works” Host: professor Wacław Wierzbieniec (Large Hall of University of Rzeszów Al. Rejtana 16 c)
16:00 - Ecumenical service of God's word for the Judaism Day of the Catholic
Church in Poland, reading the names of Poles from the Rzeszów area killed for helping Jews and of Jews who were killed with them
(Parish Church of Saint Wojciech and Stanisław in Rzeszów, Pl. Farny 5)
Dubiecko 28.01.2016 (Thursday)
Organizers:
Dubiecko Commune Head Society of Friends of Dubiecko Junior High School named after John Paul II in Dubiecko High School in Dubiecko The Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Department of Culture and History of Jews of the Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszów branch The Polish Historical Society, branch in Rzeszów The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage Podkarpackie Education Office Podkarpackie Centre of Education for Teachers Programme:
10:00 – 10:30 – Opening of the exhibition of interwar archive photographs of people of Jewish origin from Dubiecko and artefacts from this period
(Commune Office in Dubiecko, 10 Przemyska Street)
10:30 – 11:00 – Screening of the film “Tak właśnie było” [It was like that], by TVP Rzeszów, during a visit Sharon Frant Brooks, the granddaughter of Chaskela Franta – klezmer from Dubiecko, tracing his history (Dubiecko Commune Office, 10 Przemyska Street) 11:00 - Commemorating Jewish people near the plaque
(town square in Dubiecko)
Sędziszów Małopolski 28.01.2016 (Thursday)
Organizers:
The Mayor of the town and commune of Sędziszów Małopolski, Foundation „AntySchematy 2” from Tarnów The Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Department of Culture and History of Jews of the Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszów branch The Polish Historical Society, branch in Rzeszów The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage Podkarpackie Education Office Podkarpackie Centre of Education for Teachers
Programme:
10:00-11:00 – Prayers at the Jewish cemetery and commemoration of Jews from Sędziszów at the obelisk commemorating the 400 residents killed on 24 July 1942
(Szkarpowa Strret) 11:30 – 12:00 - Screening of a film about the Klejman family from Sędziszów “My jesteśmy stąd” [We are from here] 12:00 - 13:00 - Open lecture by Tomasz Kocur-Malec MA – (president of the foundation
“AntySchematy 2”), Ewa Koper MA (Rzeszów University, Museum – Memorial Site in Bełżec) entitled “Holocaust of Jews from Sędziszów”
13:00 – 13:30 - Presentation of the album entitled “Every victim has a name” by the author Ewa Koper from the Museum – Memorial Site at Bełżec 13:30 - 14:30 - Meeting with representatives of the third generation of Holocaust survivors
from Sędziszów
(The Centre of Culture in Sędziszów Małopolski, 36 3-go Maja Street)
Kolbuszowa 28.01.2016 (Thursday)
Organizers: The Mayor of the town and commune of Kolbuszowa All Saints Parish in Kolbuszowa Regional Culture Society named after J.M. Goslar in Kolbuszowa Collection and Archives of Wesołowskich family in Kolbuszowa Technical Secondary School named after Heroes of September 1939 in Kolbuszowa School Complex no. 2 in Kolbuszowa General Secondary School named after Janek Bytnar in Kolbuszowa First Degree State Higher School of Music in Kolbuszowa The Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Department of Culture and History of Jews of the Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszów branch The Polish Historical Society, branch in Rzeszów The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage Podkarpackie Education Office Podkarpackie Centre of Education for Teachers Programme:
10:00 – 10:30 – Commemoration of murdered Jews from Kolbuszowa in the Jewish cemetery (Krakowska street) 10:30 – 11:00 – Commemoration of “Righteous Among the Nations" in the parish cemetery (Narutowicza street) 11:00 - 12:00 - “A 1930s street in Kolbuszowa” – theatrical scenes performed by school pupils from Kolbuszowa (streets of Kolbuszowa) 12:00 - 13:00 - Art contest “My town in past times. History of contemporary tradition” (Technical Secondary School named after Heroes of September 1939 in Kolbuszowa, 2 Janka Bytnara Strret) 16:00 – 17:00 - Lecture entitled „History of the Jews of Kolbuszowa” by Andrzej Wesołowski – Kolbuszowa Club “Historian” (Municipal and District Public Library in Kolbuszowa, 7 Piłsudskiego street)
17:15 - 18:45 - Opening of the exhibition “Sztetl and Kolbuszowa in 20-30s” (Technical Secondary School named after Heroes of September 1939 in Kolbuszowa, 2 Janka Bytnara Strret) 19:00 - 21:00 - Meeting with Ewa Sziler - Czartoryska, a daughter of one of the Righteous
Among the Nations from Kolbuszowa During the meeting will be presented the poems of Richard Sziler Klezmer music concert performed by young people from the First Degree
State Higher School of Music in Kolbuszowa (Restaurant C.K. Galicja in Kolbuszowa, 15 Mickiewicza Street)
Lubaczów 28.01.2016 (Thursday)
Organizers:
The Mayor of Lubaczów The Lubaczów District Governor The Lubaczów Commune Head Public Library named after Władysław Broniewski in Lubaczów Society of Friends of Lubaczów The Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Department of Culture and History of Jews of the Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszów branch The Polish Historical Society, branch in Rzeszów The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage Podkarpackie Education Office Podkarpackie Centre of Education for Teachers Programme: 13:00 – 14:00 - Quided tour – along the traces of Jewish inhabitants of Lubaczów (Judaika in The Museum of Borderland, Jewish cemetery, windmill, market and the place where the synagogue used to be) The walk begins at The Museum of Borderland in Lubaczów, 4 Sobieskiego Street
14:00 – 15:00 - Commemoration of Jews from Lubaczów (obelisk commemorating the Jews from Lubaczów and surrounding areas on “Plebańskie Pole” under Dachnów)
17:00 – 19:00 - Meeting with Holocaust survivors and representatives of the second generation saved from Holocaust: Lucia Retman (Israel – Hajfa), Ora Regev – Heumann (Israel – Tel Aviv), Judit Elkin (USA – Miami) (Public Library named after Władysław Broniewski in Lubaczów,
18 Kościuszki Street)
Promotion of the book of Holocaust memoirs “Jewish Hit Squad. Armia Krajowa Jewish Raid Unit Partisans”, by Simon Lavee (Łukawieckiego) - the son of Edmund Łukawiecki saved by the Kulpa family) (Public Library named after Władysław Broniewski in Lubaczów, 18 Kościuszki Street)
Łańcut 29.01.2016 r. (Friday)
Organizatorzy:
The Łańcut Castle Museum The Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Department of Culture and History of Jews of the Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszów branch The Polish Historical Society, branch in Rzeszów The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage Podkarpackie Education Office Podkarpackie Centre of Education for Teachers Program:
16:00 – 19:00 - Łańcut Club Culture of Remembrance, meeting no VI
Grzegorz Łubczyk (Polish journalist, a social activist and diplomat, the Polish ambassador in Budapest 1997-2001). Movie presentation and the story of Henryk Sławik, the Polish man who rescued Jews in Hungary
(The Łańcut Castle Museum, 1 Zamkowa Street)
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Rzeszów, Dynów 29.01.2016 (Friday)
Organizers:
The Centre of History of Polish Jews in Dynów "The Olive tree" Community from Warszawa The Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Department of Culture and History of Jews of the Institute of History of Rzeszów University The Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszów branch The Polish Historical Society, branch in Rzeszów The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage Podkarpackie Education Office Podkarpackie Centre of Education for Teachers
Programme:
10:00 – 12:00 – For those interested in visiting monuments of Rzeszów
(Jewish cemetery, underground trail, synagogue, Ethnographic Museum – the place where there used to be a cemetery)
The walk begins at Rzeszów University, al. Rejtana 16”c”
For those who want to stay for the Sabbath in the Centre of History of Polish Jews in Dynów there is a possibility of an optional trip to Dynów
14:00 – 15:00 – visiting the Centre of History of Polish Jews in Dynów, 70 Łazienna Street 15:00 - 16:00 – Visiting the monuments of Jewish culture in Dynów (two Jewish cemeteries, mikwah, where a synagogue stood) (The walk begins the Centre of History of Polish Jews in Dynów, 70 Łazienna Street) 16:01 - Sabbath (The Centre of History of Polish Jews in Dynów, 70 Łazienna Street)
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Contact: Joanna Elżbieta Potaczek tel. +48 782-682-544, e-mail: [email protected]
