"They came and packed everything into bags. How can you do that to people?"
"Currently Absent" is a nationwide historical and photographic project about cemeteries that no longer exist. It has been run since 2017 by two people: Katarzyna Kopecka, an ethnologist and creative producer, and Piotr Marek, a photographer. We talk with them, among other things, about their passion for restoring the memory of shared Polish-Jewish history and culture, and the people they meet while working on the project. November 27, 2020. What was the genesis of the idea for the "Currently Absent" project (https://www.facebook.com/czasnieobecni/)? Katarzyna Kopecka: The project was conceived during one of […]
Monument to the Ghetto Heroes
The monument is an example of how the wheels of history turn in ways that are difficult to predict, says Hanna Dzielińska (Hanka Warszawianka), journalist and tour guide. In the fourth episode of "Spascze Varsavianistyczne w szlakami ghetto" (Warsaw Ghetto Walks), she explains why Third Reich Minister Albert Speer brought granite blocks to Warsaw during the occupation and whose initiative led to their construction in the Monument to the Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto, designed by sculptor Natan Rapaport and architect […]