It is time to include the history of Białowieża Jews in the history of Białowieża. Jews were also a part of this cultural mosaic, which we in Białowieża as well as other inhabitants of Podlasie like to brag about. Remember – this is the only thing we can do today for those who died in the Holocaust, what is more, we should also do it for ourselves.

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In 2018, under the name “From Białowieża to Israel, from Israel to Białowieża,” I continued to study the history of the Jewish community in Białowieża. On May 7 – 15, I visited Israel, where I met the descendants of the Lerenkind and Halperin families and interviewed the oldest of them – Jael Peer and Dvora Lev-Tov, daughters of Szejna (Jaffa) Halperin from Białowieża and Amir Berger, grandson of Matilda Lerenkind

Our performance “Neighbours who are not longer here” – the stories of the inhabitants of Bialowieza about their Jewish neighbours played by children from Bialowieza is going to be presented in a new version with subsequent collected stories on  3rd of May at 7 p.m in the Theater in Teremiski.

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Theater in Teremiski, Teremiski 30, Bialowieza

We cordially invite you to join us 12 of November at 4.30 in Zubr Cinema in Bialowieza for a screening of the film “Survivor of Białowieża” – interview with the only living Holocaust survivor from Bialowieza – David Waldshan, currently living in the USA.

During the interview before the camera, David told his story for the first time in his life. It’s the only existing testimony of Białowieża coming from

Our neighbours who aren’t present – the stories of the inhabitants of Białowieża was presented in WARSAW on 21 of October in the Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle.
There were two hundred people in the audience. We feel honored because there was Marian Turski  among them, the chairman of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews “Polin”, Survivor from the camp in

Fot. Artur Rusek

“Our neighbours who aren’t present”- the stories of the inhabitants of Bialowieza about their Jewish neighbours is going to be presented in BIALYSTOK on 29th of May at 6 o’clock in the University Cultural Center.

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Fot. K. Winiarska

We performed our show “Our neighbours who aren’t present” in Bialowieza. We are so pleased that so many inhabitants od Bialowieza came to listen to the stories about Jewish inhabitants before the World War II and the common relations between Belarussians, Poles and Jews. There were also Wlodzimierz Dackiewicz with his family, who is one of the people who shared with us his remembrance. His stories

We are going to show again “Our neighbours who aren’t present”- the stories of the inhabitants of Bialowieza about their Jewish neighbours. 14th of May at 7 o’clock in the Cultural Center in Bialowieza. Warmly welcome!

We kindly invite to the premiere of “Our neighbours who aren’t present” – the stories of the inhabitants of Bialowieza about their Jewish neighbours – prepared by children from Białowieża under the direction of Joanna Troc and Katarzyna Winiarska. 1st of May at 7 o’clock, Theater in the barn in Teremiski near Bialowieza during the 11th Theater Meetings.

Since October theatrical youth and children group from Białowieża has prepared a

There were the presentation of the Virtual Museum of the history of Jews in Bialowieza in the Public Library in Bielsk Podlaski on 20th of April 2017. Katarzyna Winiarska talked about her research work and problems which she faced and about the effects the Museum brought. She also told about the project “Survivor from Białowieża” and about the working on a performance prepared by director Joanna Troc with children from Białowieża.

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