Table 1
Introduction

Jews in Poland - Ones of us or strangers?

• Sources
• Photographs and maps

          The history of the Jewish presence in Poland began 800 years ago. After the expulsion of the Jews from the most of the West European cities and towns, they found there a peaceful harbour. There were favourable conditions there for the development of the Ashkenazi (the Jews settled in Central-Eastern Europe) culture, which substantially contributed to the culture of the multinational Commonwealth (First Republic). In the course of time the Jews, more and more attached to their new homeland, became its inseparable element.
          Until recently it would have been impossible even to imagine any Polish city or town without brisk and noticeable Jewish community, distinguished by their behaviour, outfit, language and religion. In spite od the tragic experiences during the Holocaust and the post-war period, the Jewish community in Poland still exists, cultivating their tradition and religion.
          The exhibition presents various aspects of many centuries of the Polish Jews's history. Reveals the lost world and raises difficult issues of the Polish-Jewish relations.

Coordination:

• Zdzisław Noga PhD (Polish-German Centre, Kraków);
• Levien Rouw (Anne Frank House, Amsterdam);

Authors:

• Stefan Gąsiorowski PhD (Department of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University, Kraków);
• Andrzej Kuler (Kraków's Historical Museum);
• Beata Łabno (Kraków's Historical Museum);
• Piotr Trojański PhD (Institute of History, Pedagogical Academy, Kraków)

Production coordination:

• Ars Longa Tentoonstellingen, Amsterdam Joséphine de Man (Anne Frank House, Amsterdam)

Graphic design:

• [De Gangh'], Rotterdam

Proofreading:

• Agnieszka Sips, Amsterdam

Printing:

• Rijnja Repro, Amsterdam

Reviewers:

• Prof. Feliks Tych PhD (Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw)
• Hanna Węgrzynek PhD (Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw)

Consultants:

• Jan Rydel PhD (Institute of History, Jagiellonian University, Kraków)
• Waldemar Bukowski MA (Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences)

Support:

• Jan Erik Dubbelman (Anne Frank House, Amsterdam)
• Anna Rakowska (Stefan Batory Foundation, Warsaw)

Sponsor of the project:

• Project has been funded by the MATRA Programme for strenghtening democracy in Central and Eastern Europe of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Other sponsors:

• European Union PHARE Programme, Bruxelles
• Stefan Batory Foundation

Sources:

• ABC Press, Amsterdam
• CAF (Central Photographic Agency) Archive, Warsaw
• Archive of Audio Visual Records, Warsaw
• Archive of "Echo Krakówa" daily newspaper
• Central Archive of Historical Records, Warsaw
• State Archive, Cracow
• State Archive, Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau
• State Archive, Museum at Majdanek
• Archive of Polish Province of the Dominican Order, Kraków
• Archive of "Wprost" weekly magazine
• Archive of Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw
• Jagiellonian Library
• Warsaw University Library, Print Room
• National Library, Warsaw
• Library of Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, Kraków
• Bund Archives of the Jewish Labor Movement, New York
• Central Korczak Archive in Poland, Warsaw
• Archive of "Gazeta Wyborcza" daily newspaper
• Church of the Order Friars Minor (Bernardines), Kraków
• Józef Piłsudski Institute in America, New York
• Institute of Art of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
• Historical Museum in Wrocław
• Historical Museum of Warsaw
• Israel Museum, Jerusalem
• Mazovian Museum, Płock
• National Museum, Kraków
• Kraków's Historical Museum
• Princes Czartoryski Foundation at National Museum, Kraków
• Regional Museum, Jarosław
• Regional Museum, Tarnów
• Jagiellonian University Museum
• Museum of Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw
• Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, Wrocław
• YIVO, New York

Authors of photographs:

• J. Bednarczyk
• T. Duda
• S. Gąsiorowski
• H. Górecki
• J. Górz
• A. Kaczmarz
• S. Kamiński
• J. Korzeniowski
• R. Korzentowski
• G. Kozakiewicz
• E. Małka
• S. Michta
• M. Mutor
• K. Pempel
• K. Piksa
• H. Rosiak
• Z. Staszyszyn
• W. Susid
• P. Trojański
• K. Wojda
• P. Wojcik
• W. Wołoszczuk

Photographs and maps have been drawn from following sources:

• Atlas Historyczny świata, Warszawa 1974
• Bałaban M., Historia Żydów w Krakowie i na Kazimierzu 1304-1868, vol. 1-2, Kraków 1931-1936
• Bałaban M., Żydzi lwowscy na przełomie XVI i XVII wieku, Lwów 1906
• Dabrowska-Kostka S., Hitlerowskie afisze śmierci, Warszawa 1983
• Dziecko polskie w latach wojny i okupacji, Warszawa 1979
• Gawroński F. G., Bohdan Chmielnicki, vol. 1, Lwów 1906
• Głos Gminy Żydowskiej, no 10-11, 1939
• The Hebrew Book, A Historical Survey, ed. by R. Rosner, J. Ta-Shem, Jerusalem 1975
• Hollaenderski L., Les Israélite de Pologne, Paris 1946
• Image Before My Eyes. A Photogrphic History of Jewish Life in Poland 1804-1938, L. Dobroszycki and B. Kirshenblatt - Gimbett, USA 1977
• "Jidełe" (magazine)
• Kalendarz Żydowski 1988-1989
• Kłosy, 1875
• Kraushar A., Frank i frankiści polscy 1727-1816, vol..1, Kraków 1895
• They lieved among us. Jevish heritage in Poland, Polska Agencja Promocji Turystyki 1995
• Męczeństwo, walka i zagłada Zydów w Polsce 1939-1945, Warszawa 1960
• Obozy hitlerowskie na ziemiach polskich, ed. Cz. Pilichowski, Warszawa 1979
• Państwowy Teatr Żydowski im. Ester Rachel Kamińskiej, ed. Sz. Gąsowski, Warszawa 1995
• Pogonowski I. C., Atlas Historyczny Polski, Kraków 1996, Wydawnictwo Baran i Suszczyński
• Popławska I., Architektura Łodzi w XIX wieku, Studia i Materiały do Teorii Architektury i Urbanistyki, vol. 11, Warsawa 1973
• Ruszczyc M., Strzały w Zachęcie, Katowice 1987
• Stola D., Nadzieja i zagłada,Warsawa 1995
• Świat Anny Frank, Amsterdam 1985
• Warszawskie getto, Warszawa 1988
• Wir zogen gegen Polen, München 1940
• Żydzi w Polsce Odrodzonej, vol. 1-2, Warszawa 1932-1933
• Żyndul J., Zajścia antyżydowskie w Polsce w latach 1935-1937 - geografia i formy, Biuletyn ŻIH, 1991

In case of some of the photographs presented at the exhibition, we haven't managed to find the copyright holders. Every person or institution that would find its photographs at the exhibition is kindly requested to contact the Polish-German Centre, Kraków (ul. Rajska 10/5, PL 31-124 Kraków, Tel./Fax: +48/12/6340757).

(c) 1999, Centrum Polsko-Niemieckie w Krakówie