The Center

Summer program

          

Such a True Son of Krakow - Feliks Gross and His Krakow?s Roots - meeting dedicated to the memory of the famous scientist, President of the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences in New York. Participants: Dr. Grażyna KUBICA, Sociology Institute of Jagiellonian University, Dr. Joanna BATOR, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and Dr. Krzysztof ŁUKASIEWICZ, Institute of Cultural Studies of Wrocław University.

THE NATIONAL CHARITY ORCHESTRA CAMPAIGN
Jewish movies non-stop - details of the film preview on a separate poster.

Andrzej Paluch in Memoriam - meeting dedicated to the late Professor of Jagiellonian University, anthropologist, researcher of the Jewish culture, and alpinist. Participants: Hieronim KUBIAK, Jan KUBIK, Zdzisław MACH, Janusz MUCHA, Marian NIEZGODA, Jonathan WEBBER, Marian BAŁA, Krystyna GONET, Beata KOWALSKA, Grażyna KUBICA, and Jacek NOWAK.

The Passion of Life - presentation of a documentary film about Dr. Leszek ALLERHAND?s life, followed by a meeting with Dr. L. Allerhand

Czech and Moravian Synagogues - opening of a photographic exhibition organized jointly with the Czech Center in Warsaw.

62nd ANNIVERSARY OF THE KL AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU LIBERATION
The Portraitist - presentation of the documentary film by Ireneusz Dobrowolski about Wilhelm Brasse, a photographer in KL Auschwitz. Photos of Auschwitz inmates appearing for 60 years in books and encyclopedias are by rule unsigned and treated as anonymous. But they do have an author - 89-year-old Wilhelm Brasse residing in Żywiec, who for years has tried to forget about the hell he once photographed day by day. The documentary film maker Ireneusz Dobrowolski had managed to convince Mr. Brasse to tell his story in front of a camera. (in Polish, 55 minutes)

62nd ANNIVERSARY OF THE KL AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU LIBERATION
The Passenger - presentation of a film by Andrzej MUNK, starring Aleksandra Śląska and Anna Ciepielewska. (in Polish, 58 minutes, 1963)

62nd ANNIVERSARY OF THE KL AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU LIBERATION
Meeting with Zofia POSMYSZ, a former KL Auschwitz-Birkenau prisoner and the script writer for The Passenger.

Post-cards Auction organized by the RARA AVIS Antiquarian Bookstore in Krakow. More information: www.raraavis.krakow.pl

62nd ANNIVERSARY OF THE KL AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU LIBERATION
Chamber music concert performed by Professor Yair KLESS (Israel, violin) and Professor Maria SZWAJGIER-KUŁAKOWSKA (Poland, piano): works by Gabriel Faure, Sergiusz Prokofiew and Avro Pärt.

62nd ANNIVERSARY OF THE KL AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU LIBERATION
From the Auschwitz Chronicle - screening of documentary films by Michał BUKOJEMSKI A single universal truth about the extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau cannot possibly be found. Each Shoah Survivor has their own indisputable truth which may differ from that of their camp bunk neighbors. The films present short testimonies of many witnesses, charged with tremendous intensity and emotion. From the Auschwitz Chronicle is composed of five parts: The Longest Roll Call, The Orchestra, The Birkenau Ramp, Love, and Sonderkommando. (in English, 134 minutes)