The Taube Center, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Global Education Outreach Program (GEOP) are pleased to invite you to join us for the next TJHTalks on Wednesday, June 18:
1945. Not the End, Not the Beginning. Post-war Jewish Life in Poland
Dr. Kamil Kijek, co-author of POLIN’s temporary exhibition, 1945. Not the End, Not the Beginning, which inspired this session, will be joined by Dr. Frankee Lyons, Krzysztof Persak, and Anna Sommer Schneider.
The conversation among our guest scholars will focus on Polish Jewry in the late 1940s and 1950s, and the challenges they faced in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust, post-war political instability, and the reality of living in a communist homeland.
To stay or to go? To identify as a Jew or not? To rebuild Poland or rebuild their lives elsewhere? Our panelists will share insights from their research, shedding light on the fate of Polish Jews and how the decisions made 80 years ago, amid loss, loneliness, and fear, impacted Poland’s contemporary Jewish identity and communities.
Prof. Kamil Kijek – University of Wrocław, Poland
IN CONVERSATION WITH:
Dr. Frankee Lyons – University of Haifa, Israel
Dr. Krzysztof Persak – Polish Academy of Sciences, POLIN Museum, Poland
Prof. Anna Sommer Schneider – Georgetown University, United States
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
11:00 am PST | 1:00 pm CDT | 2:00 pm EST | 8:00 pm CET | 9:00 pm IST
