Between 6 and 10 June 2025, workshops for team members took place in Lesko and Sanok area in south-eastern Poland. Participants were comprised of historians, sociologists, archaeologists and scholars of culture and memory studies. We visited mass grave sites in Lesko, Sanok, Bukowsko, Olszanica, Zasław and Stefkowa. Prior to the workshops, extensive archival research was […]
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During the conference “Not the End, not the Beginning. Reconstructing Jewish Life in Poland and Central Europe after the Second World War” (15–17 June) at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Prof. Saryusz-Wolska and Dr Gryta will present a paper entitled “Exhumations, Reburials and Commemorations. The Early Memory Work at […]
On 1 Febrary 2025, on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the film ‘Rozproszona Zagłada’, directed by Wojciech Szumowski, was broadcasted on TVN’s Superwizjer programme. The film tells the story of the project team’s work, as well as presenting the history of the ‘Holocaust by bullets’ and introducing the issue of its remembrance. […]
Prof. Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska and Dr Tomasz Panecki talked about the project during EHRI Workshop: “Holocaust Places and Spaces as Data: Challenges and Best Practices”, at Center for Jewish Studies in Łódź on 28-30.10.2024. They presented a paper “Holocaust Mass Graves in the General Government”. The full programme of the event can be found here: https://ehri.cz/en/services/workshops/workshop-lodz/
Dr Annika Wiennert will present the outcome of the project during the conference “The Holocaust by Bullets in Literature, Film and Visual Art” at University of London, 18-19 September. Her paper is titled “Holocaust Mass Graves in Current Southeastern Poland”. Full programme can be found here: https://www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/holocaust-bullets-literature-film-visual-art
Between 15 and 18 June 2024, workshops for team members were held in the Gorlice and Biecz areas. During this time, we visited mass grave sites in Biecz, Gorlice, Przeczyca, Brzostek, Rzepiennik Strzyżewski, Biała Niżna and Stróżówka. We also met with local experts and memory activists, including Monika Sznajderman, Krzysztof Przybyłowicz and Kamil Kmak. Historical […]
The first workshop for team members took place on 15–20 September 2023. During this time, we visited mass graves in Hałbów, Brzozów, Dukla, Nowy Żmigród, Tylawa, Jasło, Kołaczyce and Jasienica Rosielna. We also met with local experts and activists involved in preserving Jewish history, including Jacek Koszczan, Jerzy Dębiec, and Inga Marczyńska. Historical sources concerning […]