New exhibition TRACES OF LIFE, TRACES OF THE CRIME: AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU is displayed at ZIH (exhibit hall at Blue Tower). Powerful photographs of Miroslaw Sadecki show the current views and exhibits at the site of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau camp.

Memorial de la Shoah, Institute Francaise and ZIH invite to Prtofessor Serge Klarsfeld's lecture "Vichy et les Juifs" to be held on February 17th, 6.30 p.m.at the Muranow Movie Theater. The lecture will be preceeded by a show of Laurent Heyemann's film "Rene Bousquet ou le Grand Arrangement" based on the life of a minister at the Vichy government at the time French Jews were deported to death camps.

You will find much more than just a presentation of ZIH. Look for unique data and information, including:

• genuine historical photographs
• educational materials for teachers
• the only Judaic online bookshop in Poland
• Yiddish and Hebrew titles of prewar Jewish publications

Coming soon: database on JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN PREWAR POLAND with a map!

Prof. Dr. Szymon Rudnicki is this year's winner of the Jan Karski and Pola Nirenska Prize.

New book published by the Jewish Historical Institute:

MEMOIRS COLLECTION CATALOGUE (Jewish Historical Institute Archives, Record Group 302). INWENTARZ ZBIORU PAMIĘTNIKÓW (Archiwum ŻIH, zespół 302)

by Michał Czajka