Tag: Holocaust

The Creatives and Art of Poland’s Jewish Ghettoes

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Experiences

The Creatives and Art of Poland’s Jewish Ghettoes

Occupied Poland’s Jewish Ghettoes were home to creatives – painters, writers, musicians and actors who continued to produce art in spite of their circumstances.

Sylwia Stano

Silenced Memories: LGBT People in World War II

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Experiences

Silenced Memories: LGBT People in World War II

Joanna Ostrowska, author of a book about gay people during World War II, talks about why it is crucial to honour the memory of LGBT people in Poland.

Paulina Małochleb

Memories of Violence

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Fiction

Memories of Violence

Michel Laub – author of “Diary of the Fall”, among other books – talks about inheriting trauma, the situation of Jewish people in Brazil, and the mechanisms of violence.

Aleksandra Lipczak

A Voice of Hope

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Experiences

A Voice of Hope

From the Holocaust, concentration camps and the loss of his wife, famed psychotherapist Viktor Frankl endured some of the worst horrors a human can. When he emerged, it was with a message of hope… and a plan to share it.

Agnieszka Drotkiewicz

I’m Not an Escapist

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Experiences, Opinions

I’m Not an Escapist

Israeli author David Grossman talks about the importance of childhood, the role of the writer, and his father’s memories of Poland.

Łukasz Saturczak