Mary Berg (1924–2013)
Author of "Diary from the Warsaw Ghetto." She was born Miriam Wattenberg in Łódź. Her father, Szaja, was an antiquarian and art dealer whose collection included paintings by Poussin, Delacroix, and Matejko. Her mother, Lena (née Zol), born in New York and an American citizen, was a clothing designer. At the outbreak of World War II, the Wattenberg family fled to Warsaw, where they finally moved in late December after receiving a letter […]
The Colonel and his "company"
He came from a poor, religious family. Belonging to the broadly defined Catholic community became a means for him to break free from the culturally and economically closed Jewish community. He voluntarily submitted to the process of Polonization. This allowed him to pursue his professional ambitions and simultaneously served as a form of social advancement. In the reborn Poland, he co-founded the State Police. He attained the rank of deputy inspector. His name was Józef Andrzej Szeryński (formerly Szynkman or Szenkman). In the so-called […]
Decision: Save People. Diplomats and Aid Operations During the Holocaust
The international academic conference "Decision: Saving People. Diplomats and Aid Operations During the Holocaust," organized by the Pilecki Institute, will be held from October 19th to 21st. The keynote address on the second day of the conference, "Lonely in the Face of Apathy: Diplomatic Aid Operations During the Holocaust and 20th-Century Genocides," will be delivered by Professor Daniel Blatman of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Chief Historian of the Pilecki Institute. We cordially invite you to listen to the conference papers devoted to this important issue. https://instytutpileckiego.pl/pl/wydarzenia/ratowac-ludzi-dyplomaci-i-akcje-pomocowe-podczas-hol?fbclid=IwAR1APegwEstZruOx33e3GUsUZVlYtNtwxfOMuNE-PaQPaop1QC0fq29zMcY […]
A Warsaw walk in the footsteps of Janina Bauman
The Warsaw Ghetto Museum invites you to another Warsaw-themed walk – this time, it's the story of Janina Bauman! Janina Bauman – writer, translator, and screenwriter; wife of the eminent sociologist Zygmunt Bauman; daughter of Szymon Levinson, a Polish Army officer murdered in Katyn. As a teenager, she was forced to settle in the Warsaw Ghetto with her family. She recounts her memories of this period in the novel "Winter in the Morning: The Tale of a Girl from the Warsaw Ghetto." The Museum […]