Press room

The Director and the team of the Polish Institute have the honor of inviting you
to the festive opening of the new seat of the Institute
on October 18, 2007, at 19:30
Beit Asia, 4, Weizman St., Tel Aviv

Program:

19:30 Reception and presentation of photographer Yoel Sitruk’s work Polish Impressions

20:00 Greetings:

First Lady of The Republic of Poland: Mrs. Maria Kaczyńska
Undersecretary of State at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland: Mrs. Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka
Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Israel: Mrs. Agnieszka Magdziak-Miszewska
Director of the Polish Institute: Mrs. Elisabeth Frister

20:15 Opening of exhibition presenting highlights of contemporary Polish culture

20:30 – 21:30 Cocktail - VJ Ray-V,  DJ Aviran Shefer
 

*Please confirm your attendance until October 8, at 03-7411955 and beginning October 1, at 696 20 53, e-mail: inspol3@netvision.net.il

Accompanying events:

 Dance performance Magnolia by the Dada von Bzdülow Theatre in the framework of the International Contemporary Dance Festival Tel Aviv Dance
October 20-21, at 21:00 at the Suzanne Dellal Center, Nere Tzedek, Tel Aviv, tel.: 03-5105656, www.suzannedellal.org.il

Concerts by pianist Marek Drewnowski
October 21, at 20:00 with the Israeli Chamber Orchestra
28, Leonardo da Vinci St., Tel Aviv, tel.: 03-692-7777, www.israel-opera.co.il
October 26, at 12:00, Ein Karem Music Center
Rahvat Ha’maayan, Ein Kerem, tel.: 02-6414250, www.klassitarg.org.il

Presentation of works of Polish artists: Mirosław Bałka, Marzena Nowak and Rafał Jakubowicz at the Dvir Gallery
Curator: Adi Engelman
October 13, at 20:00 - November 17
Tuesday through Thursday – 11:00 – 18:00, Friday through Saturday – 10:00 – 13:00 – Free admission
The Dvir Gallery, 11, Nahum St., Tel Aviv, tel. 03-6043003, www.dvirgallery.com

 The Lost Whistle by Ifat Leist and Rafał Jakubowicz. A video work presented in the framework of the Polish-Israeli project „Two drops of water”.
October 11, at 20:00 - October 30.
Monday through Thursday – 10:00 – 13:00, 16:00 – 19:00, Friday through Saturday – 10:00 – 13:00 – Free admission
Beit Haomanim Tel Aviv, 9, Alharizi St, Tel Aviv, tel. 03 – 5246685

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem                 Faculty of Humanities

In cooperation with  The Embassy of Poland in Israel Cordially invite you to a lecture by Professor Wladyslaw Bartoszewski “Zegota* – 65 years later”   Greetings: H.E. Agnieszka Magdziak-Miszewska, Ambassador of Poland in Israel Professor Israel Bartal, The Dean of The Faculty of Humanities Professor Israel Gutman, The Faculty of Humanities Professor Shlomo Avineri, "Bartoszewski, Between Poles and Jews", The Faculty of Social Sciences The  lecture  will take place on Monday, May 21st 2007,  18:00, at Beit Maiersdorf,  The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,  Mount Scopus Campus. Reception to follow RSVP Tel: 03-7253101 Email: polnews@netvision.net.il * Zegota - was the codename for the Council for Aid to Jews (Rada Pomocy Żydom), an underground organization in Nazi-occupied Poland from 1942 to 1945. It operated under the auspices of the Polish Government in Exile.

Wladyslaw Bartoszewski

In 1940-1941 he was a political prisoner held in the Auschwitz concentration camp. He was a member of the Polish resistance  the Home Army (Armia Krajowa) during World War II, and a member of Zegota. He took part in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. He was imprisoned by the communist regime twice in 1946-1948 and 1949-1954, falsely accused of spying, and rehabilitated in 1955. As a journalist worked for Roman Catholic weekly Tygodnik Powszechny, headed the Polish PEN-Club (1972-1982), taught modern history at Catholic University of Lublin, and cooperated with Radio Free Europe. He was imprisoned during the 1981-1983 martial law in Poland.

He served as an ambassador of Poland to Austria (1990-1995), and a minister of foreign affairs in 1995 and 2000. Since June 2001, he has been the chairman of the Council for the Protection of the Memory of Struggle and Martyrdom, and chairs the International Auschwitz Council.

During the years 1983-1990, he was guest lecturer in Munich, Eichstaett, and Augsburg. He has been granted many academic titles, including that of professor, which he was awarded in 1983 by the Bavarian government, as well as honorary doctorates in philosophy and humanities from four universities. In 1986, he was granted the Commander's Cross with a star of the Order of Polonia Restituta by the president of the Polish government in exile for his work in the field of Polish-Jewish relations. In 1995, he was awarded the Order of the White Eagle and in 2001 the German Great Cross of the Order of Merit for his contribution towards the reconciliation of Germans, Poles, and Jews.

He was one of the first Poles to receive the Righteous Among the Nations medal in Jerusalem in 1963. In 1991, he was granted an honorary Israeli citizenship.

Throughout his life, Władysław Bartoszewski has published over 40 books and 1200 articles in various languages, some of them under a variety of pen-names. Most of them are related to the history of Poland during the World War II, as well as the Holocaust and the Polish relations with the Jews and Germans.