German labor camp for Jews in Starachowice | seminar
We invite teachers and educators to a free off-site seminar devoted to the German labor camp for Jews in Starachowice. When: October 27, 2024, 6:45 AM–7:00 PM Registration by October 22nd at wmlynarczyk@1943.pl Spaces are limited. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Seminar Program 6:45 AM Meeting at Bankowy Square by the Juliusz Słowacki monument 9:00 AM–12:00 PM Walk around the market square in Starachowice (Wierzbnik) – the former Jewish district – and visit the Jewish cemetery 12:00 PM–1:15 PM Tour of the grounds […]
Jews for the National Defense Fund
The National Defense Fund (FON) was established by decree of President Ignacy Mościcki on April 9, 1936. The FON, like the Anti-Aircraft Defense Loan (POP) announced in the spring of 1939, was intended to help raise funds necessary to modernize the Polish army and implement a military investment program. The FON's capital consisted of two parts: one part, financed by funds from the sale of State Treasury real estate and movables owned by the military, and subsidies […]