A Taste of Ghetto Life 23. Smocza Street
We continue Agnieszka Witkowska-Krych's "Taste of Ghetto Life" series, in which the author explores issues such as feeding ghetto residents, the activities of ad hoc feeding stations for starving residents, and the Transferstelle, a soup kitchen for children and infants. She discusses the courthouses that served as a staging point for food smugglers, Janusz Korczak's efforts to obtain aid for the Main Shelter, the so-called house committees, and the people and institutions that had to face the challenge of […]
Prof. Dr. hab. Konrad Zieliński
Prof. Dr. hab. Konrad Zieliński, Chief Specialist Prof. Dr. hab. Konrad Zieliński, Chief Specialist Professor of social sciences, head of the Department of Ethnic Studies at the Faculty of Political Science, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, editor-in-chief of the annual "Almanach. Jewish Studies" published by the State Higher Vocational School in Zamość. He has received scholarships from, among others, the Foundation for Polish Science, Fulbright, and DAAD. He is the vice-chairman of the Program Council of the Jewish Historical Institute. His research focuses on the history and culture of Jews in Poland and Russia, selected aspects of nationality policy […]
"Sports under Occupation: Jews and Non-Jews in Upper Silesia"
Martin Borkowski-Saruhan (Georg-August Universität Göttingen): Sport under Occupation: Jews and Gentiles in Eastern Upper Silesia under German Occupation, 1939-41 Martin Borkowski-Saruhan is a researcher at Georg-August University Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen). His academic interests include everyday life during the Nazi occupation, the history of Jews in Central and Eastern Europe, and the history of sport. He holds degrees from universities in Potsdam, Berlin, Göttingen, and Paris. Download the article