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Warsaw. Cooperation between POLIN Museum and Yad Vashem
29th October 2024
Chairman of the Yad Vashem Institute and Director of POLIN Museum signed an agreement on the cooperation between the two institutions.
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'Polish Jewish Women for the Independent Poland'
4th July 2024
Do listopada 2024 roku w partnerstwie z Fundacją Totalizatora Sportowego Muzeum POLIN realizuje projekt "Polskie Żydówki dla Niepodległej".
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International Conference "From Shtetl to Post – Jewish Town" – call for papers
19th December 2023
The conference is accompanying the new temporary exhibition "(post)JEWISH… Shtetl Opatów Through the Eyes of Mayer Kirshenblatt" (May 2024)
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The “Virtual Shtetl” is a portal of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. It is devoted to the preservation of the history and traditions of Polish Jews, as well as the material, spiritual and social culture of Jewish communities, which existed in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Helena Syrkus (1900-1982) - architect, teacher
19th November 2024 marks 36th anniversary of the passing of Helena Syrkus, architect, translator, university teacher
Jadwiga Grabowska (1898-1988), fashion designer
25th November 2024 marks the 36th anniversary of the passing of Jadwiga Grabowska, fashion designer and artistic manager of Moda Polska
Monika Gutman (1932-2020), visual artist
9th of November marks 4th anniversary of the passing of Monika Gutman, visual artist