Traces of Memory (permanent)

Traces of Memory: A Contemporary Look at the Jewish Past in Poland

The exhibition features photographs by the late Chris Schwarz and texts by Prof. Jonathan Webber (UNESCO Chair of Jewish and Interfaith Studies, University of Birmingham, UK). Over a period of twelve years, they worked together to gather material that offers a completely new way of looking at the Jewish past that was destroyed in Poland. The exhibition pieces together a picture of the relics of Jewish life and culture in Polish Galicia that can still be seen today, interpreting these traces in a manner which is informative, accessible, and thought-provoking.

The exhibition is divided into five sections, corresponding to the different ways in which the subject can be approached.
Section 1 is entitled Jewish Life in Ruins
Section 2, Jewish Culture as it Once Was
Section 3, Sites of Massacre and Destruction
Section 4, How the Past is Being Remembered
Finally, section 5, People Making Memory Today