Museum of the History of Polish Jews

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Exterior view from the west
Front view (2013)

The Museum of the History of Polish Jews (Polish: Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich , POLIN ) is a museum in the Polish capital Warsaw , next to the Monument to the Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto . The foundation stone was laid on June 26, 2007. The museum was partially opened on April 19, 2013 with a celebration to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising . The complete completion and grand opening took place on October 28, 2014. The founding director of the museum was Jerzy Halbersztadt, replaced in 2011 by Agnieszka Rudzińska-Rytel (for the time being).

history

The idea of ​​a museum dedicated to the history of Polish Jews came up in 1997. In the same year, the city of Warsaw released the only undeveloped property in the former Jewish quarter of Warsaw for this purpose.

President Lech Kaczyński laying the foundation stone for the museum
Entrance area on the day after the partial opening

In 2005 the museum was officially founded, and in 2006 a walk-in installation was built on the site, the Ohel (Hebrew for tent), in which the museum has held exhibitions and events. In April 2007, the museum's educational center, which organizes trainings, workshops, etc. all over Poland started its work. In June 2007 the foundation stone was laid, attended by the Polish President Lech Kaczyński , the Minister of Culture Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski , the Warsaw Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz , the chairman of the Association for the Jewish Historical Institute in Poland Marian Turski and the first sponsor from the USA , Victor Markowicz, took part.

Germany supported Warsaw with the construction of the new Museum of Jewish History in Poland in 2006/07 with five million euros. This was announced by the federal government in Berlin in 2006. On April 9, 2016, the museum in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, received the European Museum of the Year Award 2016 from the European Museum Forum (EMF) .

Exhibition concept

The vault and bima of the Gwoździec synagogue in the Warsaw Museum
First Encounters exhibition space

The museum has rooms for changing exhibitions (1300 m²) and a permanent exhibition (4300 m²) on the history of Polish Jews from the Middle Ages to the present day, the education center and conference rooms. It is currently the largest cultural investment in the Polish capital. The polychrome wooden vault of the synagogue in Hwisdez , which was destroyed in 1942, has been reconstructed in the museum . The fates of Jews are also depicted in the open-air area around the building.

architecture

The project by the Finnish team of architects Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Oy, Helsinki, was chosen in the international competition. The museum building was designed on the plan of a square. The two-layer glass outer walls are torn by an irregularly shaped crevice that corresponds to the curved galleries with corrugated concrete walls inside the museum building. The gap represents the path of the Jews through the sea . The outside world and the inside of the museum are connected with each other at the same time. In the second outer layer, the glass walls show the word Polin in Latin and Hebrew script, which is the abbreviation for this museum.

See also

Web links

Commons : Museum of the History of Polish Jews  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Julia Michalska: Jewish history museum opens in Warsaw on anniversary of ghetto uprising. (No longer available online.) In: TheArtNewspaper.com. April 19, 2013, archived from the original on November 7, 2013 ; accessed on March 18, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theartnewspaper.com
  2. ↑ Poland is bringing its new self-image to Europe. In: Die Welt , October 23, 2014.
  3. ^ A thousand years of life in FAZ of October 25, 2014, page 11
  4. ^ Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, Poland. (No longer available online.) Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Oy, Helsinki, archived from the original on February 20, 2015 ; Retrieved October 25, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ark-lm.fi

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