Polish Parliament decided that year 2012 is dedicated to Janusz Korczak, Polish-Jewish writer, thinker and the great leader in the fight for children's rights and innovative pedagogics. On January 5, 2012, the Janusz Korczak Year has been officially inaugurated at the Jewish Historical Institute by its director, Professor Pawel Spiewak. The Ombudsman for Children in Poland, Marek Michalak, said: "I am so happy that the act on the Janusz Korczak Year has been passed on by the Parliament so unanimously. It means Janusz Korczak and his ideas continue to unite people of various ideological perspectives. It is no accident that we are starting here. Good luck!"

Professor Paweł Śpiewak has been nominated the director of the Jewish Historical Institute by Bogdan Zdrojewski, Minister of culture and national heritage. The ceremony took place on October 3rd, 2011, in Warsaw, at ZIH.

We kindly inform all visitors that the Painting Gallery at ZIH has been closed due to the preparations for a new special exhibition.

We wish you a Good and Sweet New Year 5772, Shanah Tovah!

Due to the holiday, ZIH will be closed to visitors on Thursday, Sept.29th.

A WORLD HIDDEN IN BOOKS : EARLY HEBREW PRINTS from the collection of the JEWISH HISTORICAL INSTITUTE (May-September 2011)  For the first time in over 70 years, fifty exquisite items of the special collection of the ZIH libraryv have been shown to general public.

A new American documentary "Prisoner of Her Past" will have its premiere launching in Poland at the Jewish Historical Institute on October 18, 6.00 pm. The film is based on the book by Howard Reich, who described the life of his mother, a Holocaust survivor and a victim of late onset PTSD: "The First and Final Nightmare of Sonia Reich".