At the beginning of September 2022, Erin Nickerson, the US Consul General in Krakow, paid a visit at the headquarters of the Jewish Religious Community in Krakow. Nickerson, who has been holding her position since August 2022, had a long conversation with the Community Vice-Chairman, Tadeusz Jakubowicz and Adam Klimek, the representative of the Krakow branch of Social and Cultural Association of Jews in Poland. Mrs Nickerson also vitisted Krakow’s most important synagogues. We are pleased to announce that the US Consul General accepted our invitation for a New Year’s festive dinner at the Kupa synagogue and was our guest of honour. On behalf of the Board and the members of the Jewish Religious Community, we would like to thank Mrs Nickerson for her time and wish…
Born in 1846, one of the first female photographers in Krakow, Amalia Krieger , died on 21st September 1928. She was ”(…) appreciated and well-known in the artistic world of Krakow and well beyond it thanks to her personality and artistic education” (Nowy Dziennik 1928, no. 260, the 27th September issue, p. 9). She learned the profession at her father’s photography studio which she went on to run with her brother Natan after their father’s death. The studio operated non-stop until 1926. She managed to save her family legacy including a unique collection of photography portraying the history of the city. After making the decision to shut down the studio in 1926, Amalia Krieger handed her extensive collection of photographic films and the studio equipment to the city…
Born on 20th September 1923 in Krakow, Halina Nelken, daughter of Emanuel and Regina, was a writer, art historian and a lecturer. Imprisoned at the German concentration camps during WWII. Nelken came from an assimilated family of the Krakow Jews. She lived at Długosza street in Krakow. Her grandfather took part in the January Uprising, while her father fought for independence in the legions. Due to progressing anti-semitism, she was forced to change her school from the Adam Mickiewicz Gymnasium to a private Hugon Kołłątaj Gymnasium. A member of Sokół – the Polish Gymnastics Association. During the German occupation in Krakow she was moved to the ghetto. Being on the verge of exhaustion, she tried to take her own life. Luckily however, her brother managed to save her…
President of the Bundesrat, Bodo Ramelow and German Consulate General, Dr Michael Gross accompanied by a delegation, visited the Remuh Synagogue on 9th September 2022. The members were greeted by Helena Jakubowicz, Chairwoman of the Jewish Religious Community and Vice-Chairman Tadeusz Jakubowicz. Pictures by Grzegorz Kozakiewicz
Born on 11th September 1904 in Tarnopol, Józef Bogusz (Birkenfeld), son of Karol and Gustawa, née Goldberg, was a doctor specialising in thyroid, stomach, intestines and bile ducts surgery. A long-time employee of the Medical Academy in Krakow, the Chairman of the Association of Polish Surgeons as well as the Association of Polish Doctors. He was also a member of the Main Commission Investigating the Nazi Crimes in Poland , the International Janusz Korczak Association and numerous foreign academic associations. Bogusz was an author of over 200 research papers. A student of the Polish Gymnasium in Vienna (1914-1919) who spent the last three grades at the Jan Sobieski National Gymnasium no.3 in Krakow. Bogusz took the final exams in 1922 while in 1928, he finished the Faculty…