Last Friday, 11 June 2021, Counsellor Tal Ben-Ari Yaalon, Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., of the Embassy of Israel in Poland visited Mr Tadeusz Jakubowicz, Chairman of the Board of the Jewish Religious Community in Kraków, in his office. Counsellor Ben-Air Yaalon was warmly received and had an interesting discussion with our Chairman of the Board, touching on future projects for the Jews in Kraków. The Chairman of the Board expressed his wishes for the political stabilisation of Israel and for peace in the region as well as the personal and professional success of Counsellor Ben-Ari Yaalon. The meeting was fruitful and we look forward to more similar opportunities for sharing our views with the Israeli Embassy. opinions expressed in the text belong solely to the author, and not…

Plaques dedicated to the victims of the forced labour camps of Julag II and Baudienst were unveiled on the last 11 June at midday, on ul. Podmiłów and on the corner of Bieżanowska and Młodzieży in Kraków-Prokocim. Present at the ceremony were: Counsellor Tal Ben-Ari Yaalon, Chargé d’affaires, a.i., of the Embassy of Israel in Poland; the Chairman of the Council of the City of Kraków, Dominik Jaśkowiec; the substitute of the President of the City of Kraków, Bogusław Kośmider, the Chairman of the Council of the 12th district of Kraków, Zbigniew Kożuch; the Director of the Institute of National Remembrance (INR) in Kraków, Cecylia Radoń; the Director of the Galicia Jewish Museum, Jakub Nowakowski as well as counsellors of the City and of the 12th district,…

We extend an invitation to the ceremony of the unveiling of a dedication to the family of Aniela and Franciszek Szewczyk from Gruszow, organised by the voivode of Lesser Poland, the National Memory Institute of Krakow and the administration of Raciechowice, which will take place on 18 June 2021 in Gruszow (commune of Raciechowice, district of Myślenice) starting at 5 PM.

In the name of the Council of the 12th district and the Association of Friends of Prokocim and the K.I. Gałczyński Youth House of Culture we extend an invitation to the unveiling of a plaque dedicated to the victims of the forced labour camps Julag II and Baudienst in Prokocim. The ceremony will take place on 11 June at 12 PM. Further information may be found on the attached invitation.

National Day of Remembrance for Poles who Rescued Jews – Gruszow, March 24th, 2021 On March 24th, 2021, on the National Day of Remembrance for Poles who Rescued Jews under the Nazi Occupation, in Gruszow (municipality of Raciechowice, Myślenice district) there will be ceremonies organized by the Governor of Małopolska Province, the IPN branch in Cracow and the local government of Raciechowice. After the solemn Holy Mass (at 12 o’clock), the memorial boulder commemorating the family of Aniela and Franciszek Szewczyk from Gruszów will be unveiled. During the German occupation, they hid four members of the Goldberg family on their farm in the autumn of 1941. Later, they also gave shelter to the Federgrün family. The Jews in hiding survived the war. In 1997 the Szewczyk couple…

Today, a delegation from the Jewish Religious Community in Krakow has laid flowers under the plaque commemorating the liquidation of the Krakow Ghetto.