Zaproszenie

Zapraszamy do Sokołowa Podlaskiego na ciekawe spotkanie z historią

19 marca o godz. 16 w Sokołowskim Domu Harcerza, ul. Kościuszki 11

Naszymi gośćmi będą Jan Śpiewak i Michael Traison.

Jan Śpiewak opowie nam o Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich i o tym, jak będzie ono funkcjonowało w przyszłości (Muzeum bierze udział w organizacji programu "Jesteśmy razem", który polega na polsko-izraelskich spotkaniach młodzieży w Treblince). Obejrzymy też film "8 historii, które nie zmieniły świata", którego jednym z twórców jest właśnie Jan Śpiewak.

Michael Traison to prawnik, który mieszka w Stanach Zjednoczonych, ale często przyjeżdża do Polski i prowadzi tu szeroką działalność na rzecz utrwalania pamięci o polsko-żydowskiej historii. Fundacja Michaela H. Traisona bierze udział w wielu przedsięwzięciach na terenie Polski, m.in. upamiętnianiu miejsc historycznych, wydawaniu książek o charakterze religijnym oraz historycznym, jak również współpracuje z Ambasadą Izraela przy organizacji programu "Chroniąc Pamięć".

Podczas spotkania będzie czas na dyskusję z udziałem gości dotyczącą historii i współczesnego życia Żydów, upamiętniania tej historii, działań podejmowanych w tej sprawie oraz na wszelkie tematy, jakie przyjdą wam do głowy.

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Szlechter and Siedlecki Family

Beit Ya’akov

My mother Feige Siedlecki before the departure to Israel
with friends

My father Avraham Meir Szlechter
with friends from the yeshiva before the departure to Israel

Elster Family

Cywia Scherb Elster, my mother. 1939-1940

My Grandfather Mordechai Scherb,
Grandmother Masha
and my Aunt Malka Goldstein

My Mother Cywia Scherb Elster,
my cousin Chana Scherb
(my uncle's Avraham Scherb's daughter)
and my little Sister Sara.
1940 in the ghetto

Goldszmid Family

 All the pictures were taken in the 1930's

 

Ajzik, my father's brother in the Polish Army



 

Yehiel, my father's brother



Uncle Eli Goldszmid-my father's brother

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Trip to Poland - September 2002

November 20, 2002
Dear Family

I’m writing to tell you all about the wonderful trip my son, Jack, and I made this fall to Poland.  The trip was Jack’s gift to me for my 70th birthday, for the specific purpose of searching for our family roots in the “old country”. I’d never considered visiting Poland, and I wasn’t aware that Jews lived there still, nor would want to, since my impressions of the country were based upon images of World War II and the Holocaust.  After traveling there, I have a quite different impression of Poland.  In most respects it is a modern country, recovered from the devastation of war and decades of Soviet rule and now experiencing improved economic, social and political prospects.  The most surprising and encouraging development in Poland is the current attempt to revitalize the vanished world of Jewish culture in many parts of the country. This renewal effort is the work of a group of dedicated Polish Jews, and of progressive Polish individuals and organizations, who value the heritage of the once vibrant Polish-Jewish civilization in that country and are committed to reestablishing a vital Jewish community life in Poland again.

Before we left for Poland, Jack and I agreed to maintain a fairly flexible itinerary in our search for family roots and to rely upon intuition to guide us day by day.  We succeeded beyond what either of us had anticipated:  we traced family history back four generations, we walked upon the cobblestone streets of the village of our ancestors, and we found the house we believe to be the Wlodawer family home, where my father was born. We followed leads as they were presented to us, and rearranged our schedule to take side trips and detours, all of which contributed to our understanding of the history of our family. Our trip was an opportunity for me to reconnect with my Polish-Jewish heritage, and to face the reality of the horrors of the Holocaust, which I had avoided much of my life.  Throughout our journey, we had a strong sense of ancestral spirits accompanying us each step of the way.