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The world’s largest collection of personal accounts by survivors of the Holocaust is now available for the first time in Poland
DSH (History Meetings House) is the first institution in Poland to make available to the public the invaluable archival collections of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education. This archive, which was set up in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, is the largest collection of biographical video testimonies in the world and encompasses over 50,000 testimonies of witnesses to the Holocaust, recorded in 56 countries and in 32 languages (including 1,500 recordings in Polish). [ more... ]
Publications
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The City on Glass Negatives. Warsaw 1916 in Willy Römer’s Photographs
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The Shrines of Warsaw
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The Road to Solidarity. 1975-1980.
The story begins with a reminder of the protests against changes to the Constitution in 1975 and 1976 (The Memorandum of the 59 Intellectuals), the appearance of successive opposition movements (KOR, WZZ, ROPCiO) and the development of the underground press and publications – all set against the official view of life in the Polish People’s Republic [ more... ] -
Martial Law. Communism’s Last Stand
Exhibitions
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Journeying with feet planted firmly on the ground. Aleksander Jałosiński’s 50 years of press photography
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A Warsaw Frenzy. An exhibition of photographs by Irena Jarosińska
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Karol Beyer – Warsaw’s foremost pioneer photographer. An album and exhibition presenting unique photographs taken 150 years ago
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White Eagles, Black Eagles. Polish and German footballers in the shadow of politics
This exhibition features photographs and documents relating to the 20th Century history of football in Poland and Germany. The exhibition can be viewed on:
18 May – 16 August 2012, at the German Embassy, ul. Jazdów 12 (Monday to Thursday at 10.00-16.00 and on Fridays at 10.00-15.00). Entrance free.
5 – 18 June 2012, at the Open Air Gallery: Międzymurze Piotra Biegańskiego off Plac Zamkowy [ more... ]
Education
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Urban games
Secondary Schools are encouragedto participate in the History Meeting House’s new educational proposition: Urban games.‘Urban games’constitutesan excellent method of education and integration, combining elements of workshops, scouting and drama performance. Knowledge, creativity and cooperation teamworkskills are all acquired in an attractive and 'fun' way. [ more... ]