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	Select an Archives Section: JP Archives: Archives 156 Archived Articles Found in Archives Next 20 Articles > 1) Posted Sep 09 2009 Commemorating The Start Of World War II By Shmuel Ben Eliezer The official beginning of World War II was September 1, 1939. On that day German soldiers invaded Gdansk after bombarding the city with a military warship. As part of the Polish Government's official series of events marking seven decades since the start of World War II, Poland's Jewish community and the Jerusalem-based "Shavei Israel" organization held a special ceremony yesterday in the Gdansk synagogue to commemorate the outbreak of the war, which paved the way for the Holocaust. Read Article 2) Posted Aug 26 2009 Seventy Years Since The German Invasion Of Poland By Shmuel Ben Eliezer September 1, 1939 is the date on which Germany invaded Poland, starting WWII. While it should be said that the start of the war was not the start of the Shoah, which actually began with the rise of Nazism in 1933, it was a major milestone in the annals of the Holocaust. Within the first few days of the war, Germany had conquered and/or bombed much of Poland, including the capital, Warsaw. Read Article 3) Posted Aug 19 2009 Commemorating Liquidation Of The Lodz (Litzmannstadt) Ghetto By Shmuel Ben Eliezer In September 1939 the Germans started establishing ghettos in the occupied territory of Poland. Ghettos played an important role in the Jewish extermination policy. They were filled with Polish and Western European Jewish deportees. The ghettos differed in times of existence, size, internal organization, and living conditions. The Germans called them " death boxes" (Todeskiste). The city of Lodz belonged to the Wartheland District and the Germans changed its name into Litzmannstadt. Read Article 4) Posted Aug 12 2009 Poland And WWI By Shmuel Ben Eliezer Growing up in the U.S. during the second half of the 20th century, I, along with most people, know very little about the First World War. The little that I did know was about the trench warfare in France and Belgium. The Eastern Front was barely, if ever, mentioned and usually stated that it ended with the Russian Revolution and overthrowing the Czar. Read Article 5) Posted Aug 05 2009 Joshua Bell To Perform Benefit Concerts In Poland By Shmuel Ben Eliezer The Museum Of The History Of Polish Jews announced that it has signed world-renowned violinist Joshua Bell to perform two concerts in Poland. Read Article 6) Posted Jul 29 2009 Po-Lin By Shmuel Ben Eliezer Read Article 7) Posted Jul 22 2009 Newly Translated Book On The Warsaw Ghetto By Shmuel Ben Eliezer Many books have been written about the Warsaw Ghetto in the 66 years since its destruction. There have been reports, memoirs, studies, albums and movies of all kinds that have tried to tell the story of what happened. But to date for the English speaker the story was never complete. Read Article 8) Posted Jul 15 2009 News From Poland By Shmuel Ben Eliezer As the summer gets underway there are many events throughout Poland connected to Jewish history and culture. It usually kicks off with the massive Krakow Jewish Festival and ends with the Singer Festival in Warsaw. Also many Jewish groups come to Poland during the summer to visit their hometowns, work in the cemeteries and look for connections to the pre-Shoah past. Read Article 9) Posted Jul 08 2009 Warsaw Museum Construction Begins By Shmuel Ben Eliezer After years of planning, and two years after the initial groundbreaking ceremony, construction has begun for the Museum Of The History Of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland. Read Article 10) Posted Jul 01 2009 Polish Prisoners To Help Maintain Jewish Cemeteries By Shmuel Ben Eliezer As I have reported many times over the past 12 years that I have been writing this column, one of the major problems in Poland today, even greater then anti-Semitism, is the poor condition of Jewish historical sites. Many of the cemeteries are overgrown and synagogue buildings are in disrepair. Read Article 11) Posted Jun 24 2009 Virtual Shtetl Portal By Shmuel Ben Eliezer The Museum Of The History Of Polish Jews is proud to announce the launching of the Virtual Shtetl website, which is devoted to the local history of Jews. Although at the moment of its launch the portal is primarily a source of information, its future is based on the interaction of web surfers using Web 2.0 technology. The medium created will constitute a bridge between the history of Polish Jewish towns and the contemporary, multicultural world. Read Article 12) Posted Jun 17 2009 Jewish Cultural Festival In Krakow By Shmuel Ben Eliezer The 19th Jewish Cultural Festival in Krakow will be held between June 27 and July 5. As always Janusz Makuch, director of the festival has organized an exciting program with all the usual performers and many exciting new exhibits, lectures, tours and musical artists. Read Article 13) Posted Jun 10 2009 News From Poland By Shmuel Ben Eliezer Read Article 14) Posted May 27 2009 Ostroleka Jewish Cemetery Exposed During Roadwork By Shmuel Ben Eliezer The Jewish community in Ostroleka Poland was first established in the 17th century and like all other communities in Poland saw good times and bad. At the beginning of the 20th century the community numbered 6,219. During WWI the Russian Army destroyed the town while retreating and many Jews left for other cities, especially Warsaw. But after the war, Jews returned to Ostrolekaand by 1921 they numbered 3,352, more then a third of the total population. Read Article 15) Posted May 13 2009 Torah Dedication In Historic Krakow Fulfills Late Rabbi's Wish By Shmuel Ben Eliezer Among the missions left unfinished after the passing of Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Yossie Raichik was the completion of a Torah Scroll for a synagogue bearing his ancestor's name. That changed last week as his widow, Dina Raichik, joined a procession of hundreds of singing celebrants through the streets of Krakow, Poland's historic Jewish quarter, to finally welcome the Holy Scroll in the centuries-old Rema Synagogue. Read Article 16) Posted May 06 2009 North American Director For Museum Of The History Of Polish Jews By Shmuel Ben Eliezer The Museum Of The History Of Polish Jews, based in Warsaw, for a long time has had an office in New York City. With limited staff and resources, the chairman of the North American Council of the museum, Mr. Sigmund Rolat, has worked tirelessly to promote the museum through arranging events. Recently with the growth of activities both in Poland and in the U.S. it was decided to enlarge the North American Council staff. To that goal Robert Socolof has been appointed executive director of North American Council for the Museum Of The History Of Polish Jews. Read Article 17) Posted Apr 22 2009 Jan Karski Honored In N.Y. By Shmuel Ben Eliezer A Manhattan street corner has been named after a Polish World War II hero who brought early eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust to the West. Madison Avenue at 37th Street was designated Jan Karski Corner. A statue of him stands there, in front of the Polish Consulate. Read Article 18) Posted Apr 17 2009 Pesach In Poland By Shmuel Ben Eliezer Every year, Pesach is one of the most celebrated holidays throughout the world - and Pesach in Poland is no exception. This year there were numerous private and public sederim around the country. Read Article 19) Posted Apr 01 2009 Po-Lin By Shmuel Ben Eliezer Read Article 20) Posted Mar 25 2009 March 16 - 66th Anniversary Of Krakow Ghetto Liquidation By Shmuel Ben Eliezer A few-hundred Kracovians and guests from abroad, including Israel, participated in the annual March of Remembrance. Ghetto survivors, representatives of local authorities, diplomats (including Ann Hall, U.S. Consul General in Krakow and David Peleg, Israeli Ambassador in Poland) and many "ordinary people" came to commemorate those who were killed in the ghetto during WW II. We walked from the former Umschlagplatz in Podgorze to the site of former KL Plaszow. Read Article 156 Archived Articles Found in Archives Next 20 Articles >
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