BŁAŻOWA

20th-22nd January 2025 (Monday – Wednesday)

20-22.01.2025

• Museum lessons for the older grades of elementary school (grades VII and VIII) and for the High School in the Social Museum of Blazowa Land, Judaica exhibition

22.01.2025

10.00

• Popular science session (School Complex in Blazowa, 3 Fr Adolf Kowal Square)
• Dr Małgorzata Kutrzeba, Jewish community of Blazowa
• Tamar and Szmuel Halpern (Israel) – The fate of Tamar and Szmuel Halpern’s family during and after World War II
• Jeffrey Cymbler (USA) – The fate of Jeffrey Cymbler’s family during and after World War II
• Sally Mizroch (USA) – The fate of Sally Mizroch’s family during and after World War II

17.00

• An evening with Jewish history and culture at the library (Municipal and Communal Public Library in Blazowa, 3rd May St, No 24)
• Marta Wójcik, Rajsze – following in the footsteps of Jewish residents of Rzeszow
• Tamar and Szmuel Halpern (Israel) – The Galician roots of the Halpern family and their fate during the Holocaust
• Jeffrey Cymbler (USA) – The Galician roots of Jeffrey Cymbler’s family and their fate during the Holocaust
• Sally Mizroch (USA) – The Galician roots of Sally Mizroch’s family and their fate during the Holocaust
• The event will include songs in Hebrew and tasting of traditional Jewish dishes

Organisers:

Mayor of Blazowa

School Complex in Blazowa

Friends of Blazowa Land Society

Municipal and Communal Public Library in Blazowa

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

CZUDEC

23rd January 2025 (Thursday)

23.01.2025

10.00

• Responsibility and postwar accountability of German police from the Lancut station involved in the crime against the Ulma family and the Jews they sheltered, dr Wojciech Hanus – IPN Rzeszow. (School Complex in Czudec, 7 Parkowa St., Czudec)

Organisers:

School Complex in Czudec

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

GAĆ

24th January 2025 (Friday)

24.01.2025

9.00

• Laying flowers on the graves of the Righteous Among the Nations

10.00 Fireman’s House in Gac, banquet hall

• Prof. Wacław Wierzbieniec, University of Rzeszow – Culture and customs of Galician Jews
• Tamar and Szmuel Halpern (Israel) – The fate of Tamar and Szmuel Halpern’s family during and after World War II
• Sally Mizroch (USA) – The Galician roots of Sally Mizroch’s family and their fate during the Holocaust
• Nina and Mark Talbot (USA) – The fate of Nina and Mark Talbot’s family during and after World War II
• Artistic performance by the children from the Primary School in Debowo
• Promotion of the book by Janusz Słyś: Jewish Community in the Gac Municipality

Honorary patronage: Governor of the Przeworsk District

Organisers:

Head of Gac Municipality

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

HACZÓW

23rd January 2025 (Thursday)

23.01.2025

10.00-12.00

• Representatives of the Haczow Municipality commemorating the Holocaust Victims at the site in Trzesniow where members of the Jewish community were executed

Organisers:

Haczow Municipality

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

GŁOGÓW MAŁOPOLSKI

27th January 2025 (Monday)

27.01.2025

10.00

• Laying of wreaths and tokens of remembrance at the graves of Holocaust victims (Bor forest near Glogow Malopolski)

11.00 Cultural Centre in Glogow Malopolski

• Speeches and lectures delivered by organisers and guests

12.00

• Screening of the film Love in the Times of Holocaust

Organisers:

Mayor of Glogow Malopolski

Local Government High School in Glogow Malopolski

Rudolf Menerka Municipal and Communal Public Library in Glogow Malopolski

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

JAGIEŁŁA-NIECHCIAŁKI

28th January 2025 (Tuesday)

28.01.2025

14.30

o Commemoration of Holocaust victims at the cemetery for victims of Nazism in Jagiella-Niechcialki, attended by Metropolitan Archbishop Adam Szal of Przemysl. (This is a commemoration for the victims of Jewish heritage, buried in this cemetery. They were murdered in Gniewczyna Lancucka and Kanczuga between 1942 and 1945. The memorial also honors the Goldman and Szall families, who were killed in 1944 in Markowa. Members of these families were sheltered by Wiktoria and Jozef Ulma.).

Organisers:

Jaroslaw Abbey

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

JAROSŁAW

28th January 2025 (Tuesday)

28.01.2025

9.15

· Commemoration of Holocaust victims at the Jewish cemetery on Kruhel Pawłosiowski Street

10.00

· Memorial event commemorating Holocaust victims at the execution wall in Jaroslaw Abbey with representatives of the city authorities.

11.00

Popular science conference (Nicolaus Copernicus 1st High School)

• Historical essay What do we know about the Jews of Jaroslaw– prof. Wacław Wierzbieniec, University of Rzeszow
• Guests speeches:

o Cila, Eran, Ofir Yahalon (Israel)

o Jeffrey Cymbler (USA)

o Paul Shapiro (USA)

o Lili Haber (Israel)

o Sally Mizroch (USA)

• Discussions with young people about the topics presented by the speakers.
• Musical performance by the soloists of the school Choir

Organisers:

Jaroslaw Abbey

Nicolaus Copernicus 1st High School

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

JASŁO

20th – 23rd January 2025 (Monday - Thursday)

20.01.2025

10.00

• Prayer for the murdered Jewish inhabitants of Jaslo – Victims of the Holocaust (Jewish cemetery, Florianska St., Jaslo)

21.01.2025 Jewish cemetery, Florianska St., Jaslo

13.30

• Guided historical walk (for school youth). Prior registration required. Phone: 505 778 457 or e-mail: inga1000@op.pl

15.30

• Guided historical walk (open to everyone interested).

23.01.2025 Regional Museum in Jaslo, 11 Kadyi St.

10.00

• Screening of the film “Hugo from Jaslo”

16.00

• Screening of the film “Hugo from Jaslo”

Organisers:

“Ahawas Tora” Society

City of Jaslo

Regional Museum in Jaslo

Jaslo City Council

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

JEDLICZE

24th January 2025 (Friday)

24.01.2025

17.00 Hall of the Communal Cultural Centre in Jedlicze, 22 Tokarskich St.

• German police officers from the Lancut station, their participation in the crime against the Ulma family and the Jews they hid, and the post-war accountability of the perpetrators, dr Wojciech Hanus (Institute of National Remembrance in Rzeszow)

Organisers:

Mayor of Jedlicze Municipality

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

KORCZYNA

24th January 2025 (Friday)

24.01.2025 Korczyna, Szczepanika St.

10.30

· Laying wreaths and offering a prayer at the obelisk dedicated to the remembrance of the Jewish residents of Korczyna, honoring their lives, martyrdom, and extermination during the Nazi occupation.

Organisers:

Mayor of Jedlicze Municipality

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

KROSNO

20th January 2025 (Monday)

18.01.-16.02.2025 Krosno Market Square - The exhibition Death for Humanity. The Ulma Family, prepared by the Institute of National Remembrance in Rzeszow

20.01.2025

12.00

• Commemoration of Holocaust victims (Jewish cemetery, Ks. Wladyslawa Sarny St.)

12.30

• Commemoration of the Krosno Jews at the memorial plaque marking the site of the Jewish ghetto (9 Franciszkanska St, Gonet Optician’s shop)

13.00 Piwnica Pod Cieniami Gallery, 5 Market Square

• Lecture by dr Wojciech Hanus, Institute of National Remembrance in Rzeszow - The fate of German police officers from the Lancut station who participated in the crime against the Ulma family and the Jews they were sheltering
• Commentary on the exhibition Death for Humanity. The Ulma Family presented at the Krosno Market Square

Organisers:

Craft Museum in Krosno

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

LEŻAJSK

29th January 2025 (Wednesday)

29.01.2025 Lezajsk Land Museum, 20 Mickiewicza St., conference room

11.00

• Artistic performance by the Cantiamo choir from Lezajsk
• A crime (not) tried. The participation of the German police officers from the Lancut station in the murder of the Ulma family and the post-war accountability of the perpetrators, lecture by dr Wojciech Hanus, (Institute of National Remembrance in Rzeszow)
• Visiting the commemorative exhibition dedicated to the Jewish community

Organisers:

Lezajsk Land Museum

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

LUBACZÓW

23rd - 24th January 2025 (Thursday - Friday)

23.01.2025 Wladyslaw Broniewski Municipal Public Library in Lubaczow

9.00

• Partisan with a Leica camera - film screening - prior booking required (Reading Room for Adults)

10.00

• History woven into the dramatic fate of the Warsaw courtyard - workshops for children, grades IV-V of primary schools - prior booking required (Children's Department)

11.00

• And the river still flows – meeting with the book author Ora Regev-Heumann – prior booking required (Reading Room for Adults)

9.00, 11.00, 13.00

• In the footsteps of Jewish Lubaczow – city walk – prior booking required (meeting point with the guide at the Municipal Public Library building)

24.01.2025

9.00

• Seminar: Memory. Testimony. Justice (Aleksander Sas-Bandrowski Municipal Cultural Center in Lubaczow)
• Jews of Lubaczow. Remembering the Victims of the Holocaust– Dariusz Sałek (Kresy Museum in Lubaczów)
• Operation Reinhardt - extermination camps in Bełzec, Sobibor, Treblinka - Ewelina Szumilak (Museum - Memorial Site in Belzec)
• The extermination of the Jews from the Krais Rawa Ruska area - dr Wojciech Hanus (Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch)
• The Righteous of the Lubaczow Land - Maria Magoń (The Society of Friends of Lviv and the South-Eastern Borderlands, Lubaczów branch)
• Speeches by guests from Israel

12.00

· Laying flowers at the monument in remembrance of the Jews from the Lubaczow ghetto and other Holocaust victims murdered by the Germans in Lubaczow and its surrounding areas in 1943. (Plebańskie Field)

· Presentation of an art installation commemorating the Jewish residents of Lubaczow and the Lubaczow commune who were murdered during World War II

26.01.2025

14.00

· In the footsteps of Jewish Lubaczow – city walk (meeting point with the guide at the Kresy Museum building)

The events will be accompanied by the exhibition Righteous of the Lubaczow Land, which will be held in front of the Municipal Public Library building in Lubaczow.

Organisers:

Starosta of Lubaczow District

Mayor of Lubaczow

Head of Lubaczow Municipality

Mayor of the Narol City and Commune

Kresy Museum in Lubaczow

Wladyslaw Broniewski Municipal Public Library in Lubaczow

Municipal Cultural Centre in Lubaczow

Communal Public Library in Lubaczow, Basznia Dolna branch

Communal Cultural Centre in Narol

The Society of Friends of Lviv and the South-Eastern Borderlands, Lubaczow branch

Museum – Memorial Site in Belzec

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

ŁUPKÓW

24th January 2025 (Friday)

24.01.2025

17.00

• Session: Survivors and those who were saving Jews during the Holocaust. Hosted by Lupkow Penitentiary (45 Lupkow)

1. o History of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemorations in Podkarpacie - Dr. Joanna Potaczek (Centre for Dialogue Between Religions and Nations, School Complex No. 1 in Sanok, Museum of Folk Architecture in Sanok guide)
2. o Life in hiding during the Holocaust, as exemplified by the Jewish Ressler family saved in Niewodna near Strzyzow by a Polish Świętoń family– case study - prof. Wacław Wierzbieniec (University of Rzeszow)
3. o Family experiences of descendants of Holocaust survivors:

• § Sally Mizroch (USA)
• § Nina and Mark Talbot (USA)

1. o Profiles of people saving Jews in the Sanok region and the Bieszczady Mountains - Artur Górecki (Centre for Dialogue between Religions and Nations, Museum of Folk Architecture in Sanok guide)

• o Shabbat Evening

Organisers:

Lupkow Penitentiary

Centre for Dialogue Between Religions and Nations

Komancza Municipality Office

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

NAROL

2nd February 2025 (Sunday)

02.02.2025 Music and Exhibition Centre in Narol

16.00

• Tales from Górna Street - opening of the exhibition of Blazej Mysiak's photographs

Bitter Cherry Seeds - a performative reading of Robert Gmiterek's short story from the volume Epiphany of Mr. Eliasz performed by the Zamojskie Studio Teatralne and the Banina Foundation from Warsaw

Hosted by Ewelina Szumilak (Museum and Memorial in Belzec), who will also give a lecture

NOWOSIELCE

20th January 2025 (Monday)

20.01.2025

11.00

• Commemoration at the site in the Nowosielce forest where Jews were executed – including a prayer, the laying of wreaths, and the lighting of candles by delegations and residents of Nowosielce.

Organisers:

Communal Cultural Centre in Zarszyn

Nowosielce Volunteer Fire Department

Nowosielce Sołectwo

Agricultural Education Centre School Complex in Nowosielce

Primary School in Nowosielce

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

PRZEMYŚL

29th January 2025 (Wednesday)

29.01.2025

10.00

• Prayer, flower laying, and candle lighting to honor the murdered Jews from the Przemysl ghetto at the monument located at 11 Kopernika St.

11.30

• Ecumenical Prayer (Jewish Cemetery, Slowackiego St.)

12.30 Juliusz Slowacki 1st High School, auditorium

• Children Without Childhood – a play performed by the Teatr bez granic (Theatre Without Borders) group from the Cultural Centre, script and direction by Magdalena Nuckowska.

Conference – hosted by prof. Wacław Wierzbieniec (University of Rzeszow)

• Lili Haber (Israel) – The Galician roots of Lili Haber’s family and their fate during the Holocaust
• Tamar and Szmuel Halpern (Israel) – The Galician Roots of the Halpern family and their fate during the Holocaust
• Sally Mizroch (USA) – The Galician roots of Sally Mizroch’s family and their fate during the Holocaust
• Jeffrey Cymbler (USA) – The Galician roots of Jeffrey Cymbler’s family and their fate during the Holocaust

Organisers:

Mayor of Przemysl

Friends of Przemysl and Region Society

Juliusz Slowacki 1st High School

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

RZESZÓW

21st – 30th January 2025 (Wednesday - Thursday)

21.01.2025

16.00

• Sr. Katarzyna Kowalska NDS – Is Christian-Jewish dialogue necessary? (Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch, conference room, 23 Szopena St.)

18.00

• Holocaust Memorials in Artistic Discourse, by Dr. Anna Stróż-Pawłowska (Rzeszow Cellars, 26 Rynek St.)

22.01.2025

11.00

• Opening of the exhibition Places in Galicia by Nina Talbot (USA)

The exhibition will be open to visitors until 15.03.2025 (State Archives in Rzeszow, 57 Warnenczyka St.)

24.01.2025

Meetings with Mr. Aron Halberstam, a graduate of the rabbinical school in Jerusalem, passionate about the history and heritage of Jews, especially the history of Hasidic dynasties in Galicia and the religious life of Jews in the interwar and war periods (State Archives in Rzeszow, 57 Warnenczyka St.)

10.00

• for young people

17.00

• for the interested general public (free entry)

27.01.2025

10.00

• Commemoration of the Holocaust Victims, with a prayer led by Rabbi Shalom Ber Stambler - Chabad Lubavitch in Warsaw (new Jewish cemetery, Rejtana Avenue, entrance from Dolowa St.).

11.00

• II International Conference: Holocaust and post-Holocaust from a local perspective. (University of Rzeszów, Building A1, 16c Rejtan Avenue, Stanislaw Zajac Auditorium)

Moderator: prof. Wacław Wierzbieniec, University of Rzeszow, Head of the Department of Jewish History and Culture

• Mariola Świętoń – Wielopole Skrzynskie – The cultural heritage of Jews after the Holocaust and the issues regarding its commemoration
• Wojciech Dyrkacz – Kanczuga - The cultural heritage of Jews after the Holocaust and the issues regarding its commemoration
• Gabriela Zagraniczna – Tarnow - The cultural heritage of Jews after the Holocaust and the issues regarding its commemoration
• Karolina Łętowska – Lezajsk - The cultural heritage of Jews after the Holocaust and the issues regarding its commemoration
• Sally Mizroch (USA) – The fate of Sally Mizroch’s family during and after World War II
• Cila, Oran, and Ofir Yahalon (Israel) – The fate of Cila, Oran, and Ofir Yahalon’s family during and after World War II
• Paul Shapiro (USA) – The fate of Paul Shapiro’s family during and after World War II
• Nina and Mark Talbot (USA) – The fate of Nina and Mark Talbot’s family during and after World War II
• Tamar and Szmuel Halpern (Israel) – The fate of Tamar and Szmuel Halpern’s family during and after World War II

17.00

· Prayer for the victims of the Holocaust, combined with reading the names of Poles from Podkarpacie murdered for helping Jews and Jews who died with them (Parish Church of St. Wojciech and Stanislaus in Rzeszów, Farny Square)

28.01.2025

17.00

• Marta Wójcik – Pre-war Jewish shops and businesses in Rzeszow (County and Municipal Public Library, 13 Sokola St.)

18.30

• Concert of Jewish songs (Art Exhibitions Office, 18 Jan III Sobieskiego St.)

29.01.2025

18.00

• My Rzeszów. Our Rzeszów. Recollections about Jewish residents of Rzeszow.

During the meeting, the fates of 12 specific Jewish families that once lived in Rzeszów will be recalled, depicted by high school and university students - participants of the workshops "My Rzeszow. Our Rzeszow"

(Kino za Rogiem, 6 Sw. Mikolaja St.)

30.01.2025

9.00

• Popular science session (Stanislaw Baranczak Bilingual University High School in Rzeszow, 3 Towarnickiego St.)

o Paul Shapiro (USA) – The Galician roots of Paul Shapiro’s family and their fate during the Holocaust

Jeffrey Cymbler (USA) – The Galician roots of Jeffrey Cymbler’s family and their fate during the Holocaust

o Sally Mizroch (USA) – The Galician roots of Sally Mizroch’s family and their fate during the Holocaust

o Fr. Dr. Paweł Batory - The motif of the Jew in Christian art.

Organisers:

Mayor of Rzeszow

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

University of Rzeszow

Department of the Jewish History and Culture, University of Rzeszow

Studenckie Koło Naukowe Kulturoznawców AktURa – „Aktywni w Kulturze”

Art Exhibitions Office

Rajsze Association

State Archive in Rzeszow

Polish Historical Society, Rzeszow Branch

Kino za Rogiem

County and Municipal Public Library in Rzeszow

SANOK

22nd – 23rd January 2025 (Wednesday - Thursday)

22.01.2025 Museum of Folk Architecture in Sanok, 3 Rybickiego St.

10.00 – 12.00

• Educational workshops for young people – Katarzyna Krowiak (Museum of Folk Architecture in Sanok)
• Guided tour of Jewish cultural objects at the Museum of Folk Architecture in Sanok

23.01.2025

Session: Survivors and Rescuers. The Holocaust in the Podkarpacie Region. (Jan Grodek State University in Sanok, 21 Mickiewicza St., Auditorium)

Session chaired by dr Joanna Potaczek (Centre for Dialogue Between Religions and Nations, Complex of Schools No. 1 in Sanok, Museum of Folk Architecture in Sanok guide) and Wojciech Pajestka (Jan Grodek State University in Sanok)

10.00 – 10.30

• Addresses from the authorities of Jan Grodek State University in Sanok and School Complex No. 1 in Sanok:

dr hab. Mateusz Kaczmarski, prof. UP – Rector of the University,

Renata Gromek - Head of the School Complex

• Addresses from representatives of city and district authorities and other guests
• History of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemorations in Podkarpacie, dr Joanna Potaczek (Centre for Dialogue Between Religions and Nations, School Complex No. 1 in Sanok, MBL guide in Sanok)

10.30 – 10.50

• Jewish stories based on works by Jerzy Wojtowicz, Dr. Anita Wolanin (School Complex No. 1 in Sanok)
• Recitation of Jerzy Wojtowicz's poems, performed by students from the School Complex No. 1 in Sanok

10.50 – 11.10

• Survivors and Rescuers. The Holocaust in the Podkarpacie Region – outline of the topic, dr Joanna Potaczek (Centre for Dialogue Between Religions and Nations, School Complex No. 1 in Sanok, MBL guide in Sanok)

11.10 – 12.40

• Family experiences of descendants of survivors and rescuers

o Sally Mizroch (USA) – The Galician roots of Sally Mizroch’s family and their fate during the Holocaust

o Tamar and Szmuel Halpern (Israel) – The fate of Tamar and Szmuel Halpern’s family during and after World War II

o Nina and Mark Talbot (USA) – The fate of Nina and Mark Talbot’s family during and after World War II

o Jeffrey Cymbler (USA) – The Galician roots of Jeffrey Cymbler’s family and their fate during the Holocaust

o Romuald Zwonarz - The history of saving Jews during the Holocaust

13.00 – 13.30

• Short play “The Last Winter in the Hideout of Silence” and a musical performance by the youth from the School Complex No. 1 in Sanok (The play is based on the story of Stefania and Helenka Podgorski – girls who saved 13

Jews from the Holocaust in Przemysl); Foreword by Dr. Adam Rossmanith (School Complex No. 1 in Sanok)

13.30 – 13.40

• Opening of Ewa Michałowicz-Smarzewska's exhibition "Argentina District", showcasing works that depict places that no longer exist, where Jews once lived.

13.40 – 14.05

• Screening of the film “Crossing the River: from Poland to Paradise”, directed by Allan Novak (Canada). The film tells the story of the Jewish Fink siblings from Sanok, who survived the Holocaust

15.30

• Commemoration of the Holocaust victims: Jews of Sanok who were murdered during World War II.

(Jewish cemetery in Sanok, corner of Kiczury and Głogowa streets)

• The History of the Holocaust of the Jews of Sanok and their Murder at the Jewish Cemetery in Sanok, Dr. Joanna Potaczek
• Prayer for the victims of the Holocaust, conducted by representatives of:

the Jewish community, the Roman Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, the Greek Catholic Church, the Polish Catholic Church, the Old Catholic Church

• Music performance by the students from the School Complex No. 1 in Sanok
• Laying of flowers, and lightning of candles

17.00

• Presentation of the book by Katarzyna Twardak

The World of the Jews of Sanok (Sanok Municipal Public Library, 2 Lenartowicza St.)

Organisers:

Sanok City Council

Starostwo Powiatowe in Sanok

Jan Grodek State University in Sanok

School Complex No. 1 in Sanok

Centre for Dialogue Between Religions and Nations

Municipal Public Library in Sanok

History Museum in Sanok

Museum of Folk Architecture in Sanok

Lupkow Penitentiary

Uherce Mineralne Penitentiary

Komancza Municipality Office

Agnieszka Jankowska, “Junosza” Sanok

Association for the Preservation of the Heritage of the Jews of Dukla Land "Shtetl Dukla"

2nd High School in Sanok

School Complex No. 5 in Sanok

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

STALOWA WOLA

29th January 2025 (Wednesday)

23.01.2025 Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola, 1 Sandomierska St.

10.00

• Lecture Jews in Rozwadów. Stops in our history, Elżbieta Skromak (Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola)

10.15

• Lecture Rozwadowian roots of Paul Shapiro’s family and their fate during the Holocaust (United States Holocaust Museum, USA)

11.15

• Lecture On the Need for Unknown Memories - German Forced Labor Camps for Jews in Rozwadow and Stalowa Wola, Dr. Roman Niwierski, (City Hall in Stalowa Wola)

11.15

• Discussion

12.30 Market Square in Stalowa Wola-Rozwadow

• Commemoration of Holocaust victims includes lighting symbolic candles and laying flowers by local authorities at the monument dedicated to Jews murdered during World War II.

Organisers:

Mayor of Stalowa Wola

Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

STRZYŻÓW

20th January 2025 (Monday)

20.01.2025 Julian Przybos Communal and Municipal Public Library in Strzyzow

11.00

• Dariusz Pado – meeting the author to discuss literary threads concerning Jewish themes. Meeting's moderator: prof. Wacław Wierzbieniec, University of Rzeszow

Organisers:

Julian Przybos Communal and Municipal Public Library in Strzyzow

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

TARNOBRZEG

20th – 30th January 2025 (Monday - Thursday)

20-30.01.2025 Exhibition Memory is our home, S. Eibuszyc (Michal Marczak Municipal Public Library in Tarnobrzeg)

21.01.2025 Michal Marczak Municipal Public Library in Tarnobrzeg

9.30 and 11.30

• The Holocaust of Polish Jews during World War II, lecture by Zenon Fajger (Institute of National Remembrance in Rzeszów) - sessions for high school students

10.00 Tarnowski Castle in Tarnobrzeg

• The Objects That Speak: The History of the Jews of Tarnobrzeg as Recorded in Museum Artifacts

Organisers:

Michal Marczak Municipal Public Library in Tarnobrzeg

Museum – Tarnowski Castle in Tarnobrzeg

Tarnobrzeg Historical Society, Polish Historical Society Tarnobrzeg Branch

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

TYCZYN

22nd – 27th January 2025 (Wednesday - Monday)

22.01.2025

10.00

• The extermination of Jews in the so-called Rzeszow district, prof. Elżbieta Rączy (Institute of National Remembrance in Rzeszow, University of Rzeszow)

27.01.2025

10.00

• Lightning of candles at the gate of the Jewish Cemetery (Tyczyn, 1 Parkowa St.)

Organisers:

Mayor of Tyczyn

Friends of Tyczyn Land Society

Centre for Cultural Heritage and Tourist Information in Tyczyn

Primary School in Tyczyn

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

UHERCE MINERALNE

30th January 2025 (Thursday)

30.01.2025 Uherce Mineralne Penitentiary, 135 Uherce Mineralne

11.00 – 13.00 Survivors and Rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust

• The history of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Podkarpacie
• Survivors and Rescuers - The Holocaust of Jews in the Sanok region - an outline of the topic, Dr. Joanna Potaczek (Centre for Dialogue Between Religions and Nations, School Complex No. 1 in Sanok, Museum of Folk Architecture in Sanok guide)
• Family experiences of the descendants of those who saved Jews during the Holocaust
• Romuald Zwonarz (Son of the Righteous Among the Nations) – History of rescuing
• Profiles of people who saved Jews in the Sanok and Bieszczady regions, Artur Górecki (Centre for Dialogue Between Religions and Nations, MBL in Sanok guide)
• Opening of Ewa Michałowicz-Smarzewska's exhibition "Argentina District", showcasing works that depict places that no longer exist, where Jews once lived.

Organisers:

Uherce Mineralne Penitentiary

Centre for Dialogue Between Religions and Nations

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

WIELOPOLE SKRZYŃSKIE

21st, 31st January 2025 (Tuesday, Friday)

21.01.2025

8.00 – 16.00 In the footsteps of the Jewish community of Wielopole Skrzyńskie - exhibition prepared by Kantorówka (Tadeusz Kantor Museum)

8.30

• Laying of flowers at the Jewish Cemetery in Wielopole Skrzynskie

9.00

• Popular science session (auditorium of the Municipal Cultural and Recreation Centre)
• Prof. Wacław Wierzbieniec, University of Rzeszow – Culture and customs of Galician Jews - are they the same as in Wielopole Skrzyńskie?

9.20

• Sally Mizroch (USA) – The Galician roots of Sally Mizroch’s family and their fate during the Holocaust

9.40

• Tamar and Szmul Halpern (Israel) – The Galician roots of Tamar and Shmuel Halpern’s family and their fate during the Holocaust

10.00

• Jeffrey Cymbler (USA) – The Galician roots of Jeffrey Cymbler’s family and their fate during the Holocaust

10.20

• Mariola Świętoń – Wielopole Skrzynskie, as remembered by former residents

31.01.2015

8.00-16.00 Opening of the exhibition Samaritans from Markowa, an exhibition of Arkadiusz Andrejkow's boards and a meeting with the artist (Kantorówka – Tadeusz Kantor Museum)

Organisers:

Wielopole Skrzynskie Municipality

Kantorowka - The Centre for Documentation and History of the Region, Tadeusz Kantor Museum

Municipal Cultural and Recreation Centre

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

WIŚNIOWA

20th January 2025 (Monday)

20.01.2025 Maria Konopnicka Primary School in Wisniowa

9.00

• Prof. Wacław Wierzbieniec, University of Rzeszow – The lives of Jewish neighbors in the Wiśniowa commune and neighboring towns and their Holocaust by the Germans

9.30

• Multimedia presentation

9.45

• Dr Robert Witalec – Documentation program on human losses and repression victims during the German occupation from 1939 to 1945: implementation and challenges.

10.15

• Words and Music – A Montage

10.20

• Marian Irzyk – Poles murdered for helping Jews in Kozłówek

10.50

• Words and Music – A Montage
• Exhibition of materials related to the Holocaust

Organisers:

Head of Wisniowa Municipality

Maria Konopnicka Primary School in Wisniowa

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow

ZARSZYN

20th January 2025 (Monday)

20.01.2025

10.00

• Commemoration at the site of the execution of Jews in Zarszyn, including prayer, laying of wreaths, and lighting of candles by delegations and residents of Zarszyn.

Organisers:

Zarszyn Municipality

Communal Cultural Centre in Zarszyn

Zarszyn Voluntary Fire Department

Primary School in Zarszyn

Social and Cultural Association of Women of the Zarszyn Commune

Local Activist Group "Wisłok River Basin" in Zarszyn

Institute of National Remembrance, Rzeszow Branch

Institute of History, University of Rzeszow