For the second time recently I am writing the same words: I am extremely proud of the city of Gdańsk, the city which remembers and takes care. Yesterday after the shocking anti-Semitic scandal in the Polish pwicz with a suggestion of taking some action.
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Jewish ghetto commemorated
The city of Gdańsk today commemorated the Jewish ghetto, which operated from 1940 to 1945 in the “Red mouse” granary.
Report on Isaiah Bowman
Sanford Jacoby is a professor at UCLA. He and his colleagues are trying to persuade Johns Hopkins University to stop honoring its former president, from 1935 to 1948.
Trupa Trupa in UK
University of Oxford
On November 30, at 3 p.m., the next part of the “Virus of Hate” workshop will take place at the Big Data Institute of the University of Oxford.
Forum for Dialogue
Grzegorz Kwiatkowski will be a guest of the Forum for Dialogue. The event “Zoom in on the Forum: The Memory of Jewish Gdansk” moderated by Hanna Gospodarczyk will take place on November 15.
Zagadka
On December 18, Biuro Literackie will publish Grzegorz Kwiatkowski’s book “Zagadka”.
University of Warsaw
On November 16, at the Faculty of “Artes Liberales” at the University of Warsaw, a panel “Commemorating the History, Culture and Tradition of Jews” will be held.
Vienna review / Skug magazine
Die polnische Band Trupa Trupa spielte im Wiener Chelsea. In Liedtexten geht es auch um die Internierung von Marta und Józef Kwiatkowski, Großtante und Großvater des Sängers Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, im Todeslager Stutthof. Seinen Gedichtband »brennend« sieht er als Signal »that history is still alive«.
Agnieszka Holland on Trupa Trupa / Interia.pl
„This is one of the best Polish bands. Their music is also appreciated outside our country, e.g. in the United States. I know how they perform at concerts in the West and what specialized, respected music magazines write about them.