The Jewish Religious Community in Krakow holds regular classes for children. Another meeting took place yesterday and it was run by Kuba Lewinger.
Sara Polina Gincburg, daughter of Szymon Gincburg and Cecylia Sandberg, also known as Zuzanna Ginczanka, was born in March 1917 in Kiev. A popular poet, blessed with an outstanding talent, wit as well as her extraordinary beauty. She was considered one of the most talented poets of the interwar period. Her works were published in ”Wiadomości Literackie”, ”Skamander” and ”Szpilki”. Ginczanka released her only book of poems called ”O centaurach” in 1936. Her rapidly developing career was stopped by WWII and ended by her mysterious tragic death. According to Ryszard Kotarba’s article published in Gazeta Wyborcza on 15th December 2015, entitled ”Zuzanna Ginczanka: śmierć poetki. Historia okupacyjna” (Zuzanna Ginczanka: the poet’s death. The story of occupation), Ginczanka was most likely shot dead in the first half of 1944 in Płaszów. Her…
Memorial activities which mark the 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the Krakow ghetto will take place on 12th March 2023 (Sunday) at 12:00 p.m. at Plac Bohaterów Getta. The official part will include the following events: reading the survivors’ memoirs, a walk to Lwowska street – Kaddish and laying flowers at the remains of the ghetto wall, a march through the following streets: Lwowska, Limanowskiego, Wielicka, Jerozolimska and Heltmana up to the monument of murdered Jews at the former KL Plaszow camp, a ceremony at the monument: prayers, reading the survivors’ memoirs, laying flowers and stones. Helena Jakubowicz, Chairwoman of the Board of the Jewish Religious Community in Krakow, prof. Jacek Majchrowski, Mayor of Krakow, Janusz Makuch, Director of the Jewish Cultures Festival invite all to the celebrations.
28 th February marks the death anniversary of Józef Oppenheim (1887-1946). Murdered in 1946, Oppnheim was the Head of the Tatra Mountain Ambulance Service. His wife, Wanda, was an eye witness of this disgraceful event. According to her testimony, on 25th February someone knocked on their door and asked about ”the Head of the Tatra Mountain Ambulance”. After being refused the entry, they came back 4 days later, on 28th February. Oppenheim let the people in. They ordered him to lift his hands up, saying ”We are from Home Army. We know your beliefs and we know you are the Head of the Tatra Mountain Ambuance Service”. When Oppenheim was trying to close the door, he was shot dead by Karol Lasak. Following this event, Tadeusz Murańka shot Oppenheim’s wife,…
Dawid Grassgrün, one of the first Jews who returned to Nowy Targ after WWII, was murdered on 10th February 1946. Right after his return, he made a lot of effort to rebuild the Jewish life in the city. As a representative of the Jewish Religious Community in Nowy Targ, he signed death certificates. He advocated for the synagogue which was turned into a cinema in December 1940, to be given back to the Jews. According to Grassgrün’s daughter, it was his effort to get the synagogue back that caused his death. In May 1946, Dawid Grassgrün’s son Samuel sold his father’s wooden house. No one has been charged with the murder. Based on: K. Panz, „Dlaczego oni, którzy tyle przecierpieli i przetrzymali, musieli zginąć”. Żydowskie ofiary zbrojnej przemocy na Podhalu…