The exhibition "Marek Edelman. The Man" is a story about a hero, who did not want to be a hero, but history made him one. A story of a man, who in his life learned everything about death which is why he was aware of how precious every moment in life was and would always struggle for it.   

Marek Edelman: doctor, socio-political activist, one of the uprising leaders in Warsaw Ghetto, decorated with the Commander's Cross of the Legion of Honour and the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of many universities.

The exhibition not only introduces Marek Edelman himself, but also – takes us through his life. It presents the last 100 years of Polish, European and world history. His views and life attitude can become a kind of moral compass for young people.

The exhibition "Marek Edelman. The Man" is the most important element of the celebration of the Marek Edelman Year.

Curator: Marta Skłodowska

Co-authors of the exhibition: Joanna Podolska (UŁ), Magdalena Kamińska

Texts: Marta Skłodowska, Joanna Podolska (UŁ)

Editors: Joanna Podolska (UŁ)

Graphic design: Krzysztof Iwański

Architect: Magdalena Bałycz

Producer: Marcin Kuropatwa

Coordinator: Magdalena Kamińska

Translation: Dorota Dekiert

Organizer:

Partners:

The exhibition co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Łódź City.

In 2021, we celebrate our 10th birthday. We popularize the multicultural history of Lodz and Poland, important historical events, as well as people who played an important role in building our identity. Through culture, we teach the history of Poland, Europe and the world, as well as respect for other cultures and traditions. While talking about the past, we maintain a constant dialogue with the present, trying to draw conclusions from the experiences of other generations and times.

The exhibition summarizes 10 years of our activity from the beginning of our existence until the difficult year of the COVID-19 pandemic, when we moved our activity to the online sphere. At the exhibition, you will find a place to express your opinion about our existing projects and suggestions for further activities.

The exhibition "We are eternal trees ... stories from the Łódź Ghetto" in the first part  "Ghetto in 1944" shows the history of the Łódź Ghetto through the most important places and events in its history. The pretext is a large-format map of the "closed district in Łódź" placed on the wall. The exhibition is devoted to the fate of survivors who, after the liquidation of the ghetto, were sent to camps, lived through death marches, and after the war dispersed around the world to build a new life somewhere else.  

The second part of "We are eternal trees ... stories from the Łódź ghetto" presents the biographies of ten out of over 640 Holocaust survivors, whose symbolic Memorial Trees are in the Survivors Park, including Lucjan Dobroszycki, editor of the first edition of the "Chronicle of the Łódź Ghetto", ghetto singer Jankiel Herszkowicz or writer Zenia Larsson, who published several books about the Łódź ghetto in Swedish. Their fate was different. Most of them during World War II found themselves within the Jewish district created by the Germans in February 1940 on the territory of the Old Town and Bałuty. In the Łódź ghetto, they witnessed the death of their loved ones, experienced the despair of parting with their family, hunger, then deportations to Auschwitz and other camps. Others, e.g. Stefan Skotnicki, left Łódź in the first months of the war and did not return here until 1945.

The post-war choices of those who survived were also different: some stayed in Poland and tried to rebuild their lives, others left their homeland to look for their place in another part of Europe or the world. Today, their children and grandchildren speak different languages and live on almost all continents. The Survivors' Park symbolically connects them with Łódź and it shows the triumph of life over death and love over hatred.

The exhibition "Lodzer Mishmash" is a story about Jews from Łódź: about religion, language, culture, about known and less known artists, writers, industrialists, about dates and places important in history, holidays regularly celebrated every year, about joys and dramas, about history of the Lodz ghetto and about what Łódź Jews are engaged in today.

The exhibition was accompanied by meetings, lectures, walks and many other attractions. The exhibition is now closed, but it can be viewed virtually.     

Virtual tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h_7Ce5vt2c&t=111s

Curator: Joanna Podolska

Exhibition design: POLKADOT

Producers: Agpositivo // Beata Grabska // Adam Sikorski

Coordinator: Katarzyna Kurowska

Consultants: Symcha Keller, Joanna Lisek, Magdalena Ruta

Partners of the exhibition: State Archive in Lodz, Jewish Community in Łódź Gmina Wyznaniowa Żydowska w Łodzi, Art Museum in Lodz, The Arthur Szyk Society, TSKŻ, E. Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. E. Ringelbluma

"Man Overboard. Lodz Residents 50 Years after March" is an interdisciplinary project of a universal and multifaceted character. The result of the project are multimedia exhibitions where participants talk about their lives, their emigration experiences and their integration in host communities.

Since these exhibitions have both a historical and educational dimension, they will be presented for a longer period than just a limited time exhibition commemorating the anniversary of the selected event. The project ‘Man overboard. Łódź residents 50 years after March’ "aims to present the fate of Jews from Łódź who left Poland during this period. The title of the project "Man overboard" symbolizes their struggle for survival in a foreign environment “without a life jacket ".

The Danish Cultural Institute has decided to take on the patronage of the "Man overboard" project. The project manager is Bogusława Sochańska, Head of the Danish Cultural Institute in Warsaw.

The Polish Embassy in Copenhagen expressed official support and interest in the project. The embassy together with the ambassador, Mrs. Henryka Mościcka-Dendys is the official project supervisor.

Authors: Kamila Bogulewska, Aleksander Milchtach Sław

Report from the opening: https://www.centrumdialogu.com/multimedia/facebook?id=2129491503734982

Lecture: https://www.centrumdialogu.com/multimedia/facebook?id=2130828903601242

Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

The exhibition co-financed from the subsidy of the Łódź City Council

The exhibition of the National Center for Culture "Karski. Don't let the world forget" organized on the 100^th anniversary of the birth of Jan Karski, is an attempt to bring a broad audience closer to one of the greatest men of the 20th century history. The story of Karski's life is divided into nine chapters devoted to the most important moments of his biography.

The exhibition was displayed for two years (2014-2015) in the building of the Dialogue Center. The virtual version is now available.

VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION "KARSKI. DO NOT LET THE WORLD FORGET"
https://www.centrumdialogu.com/pl/wydarzenia/1494-wirtualny-spacer-po-wystawie-qkarski-nie-da-wiatu-zapomnieq

 Exhibition organizer: National Center for Culture