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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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Iwaniska. Commemoration of a Jewish cemetery
17th October 2023
Kolejna ceremonia upamiętniająca cmentarz żydowski odbyła się w województwie świętokrzyskim.
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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.
Unger Eliza (26.03.1899 - 26.08.1983) - engineer and architect
August 26th marks the 41st anniversary of the death of the architect and engieer Eliza Unger, designer of the modern office building of the company "Bananas. Polski Przemysł Owocowy Sp. z o. o." in Gdynia
Feldstein Helena (04.11.1860 - 31.08.1925) - social and independence activist, teacher
August 31th marks 99th anniversary of death of an polish patriot, social and independence activist and teacher Helena Feldstein
Irena Tuwim (22.08.1898 -7.12.1987) - translator, writer
August 22nd marks 126th anniversary of birth of Irena Tuwim, the translator of the beloved by Poles and often reissued Winnie the Pooh by Alexander Alan Milne.
