1945 - 2016
Józef
Hen
Writer
Walking in a Nonexistent City
Józef Hen’s Jewish Warsaw stretches across all of today’s city. Its traces are revived by memories.
Leopold
Sobel
Historian, translator
Purses from Zjednoczenie, nylon jackets from Optima
The capital of the 1950s was also a city of Jewish cooperatives and the taste of gekakhte leber and cholent from the Amika restaurant, which is no longer there.
Bella
Szwarcman-Czarnota
Editor, translator, publicist
A Closed Book
After World War II, Praga became the center of Jewish life, with various organizations, schools, prayer houses, a kosher butcher, workshops.
Crates Full of Books / My March 1968 and Górskiego Street
In March 1968, the world of Warsaw Jews fell apart again. The last stop on the road that many shared was Dworzec Gdański railway station.
Stanisław
Krajewski
Philosopher, mathematician, publicist
Post-March Explorations
Waliców, Elektoralna, and Puławska streets, Grzybowski Square – were the roads trod by those looking for a spiritual path in Judaism.
Henryk
Rajfer
Actor
A Touring Cultural Centre
Behind the scenes of the Jewish Theater and the Socio-Cultural Association of Jews in Poland (TSKŻ).
Eleonora
Bergman
Architectural historian
Following the Markers
Many signs of memory speak of the city’s unseen past beneath the modern layer.
Jan
Jagielski
Social activist, guide
Path of Death – Path of Life
The Jewish Cemetery on Okopowa Street is the best place to discover Warsaw’s Jewish history.
KamaDąbrowska
TomaszKrakowski
Antropologist and educator. Philosopher
The route of the institutions
This route, like the story of our guides, begins on Grzybowski Square and continues across the city.
Joanna
Baczko
President of the Polish Jewish Jouth Organisation
City Kids Build a Kibbutz
Lectures, discussions, holiday celebrations, concerts and picnics – the third generation of Polish Jews discovers their identity in action.
Daniel
Slomka
An Israeli in Warsaw
Polish-style Hummus
Poland’s capital might show an entirely different face when visitors, fascinated with the city’s history, seek their own, private tracks.
Joanna
Glogaza
Slow fashion blogger
A tourist in her own city
Yoga classes, fashion, books, kosher shopping – another side of Jewish Warsaw.