Poland’s 1996 Nobel Prize-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska has died at her apartment in Krakow. She was 88. The death of the great poet brings to our mind her 1957 poem about the Shoah.

Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw is in the group of twelve organizations taking part in the major European project Judaica Europeana. ZIH joined eleven institutes and organizations from London, Frankfurt, Athens, Bologna, Paris and Rome to digitize the cultural treasures of European and render them accessible to the public.

The Jewish History Quarterly, a journal published by the Jewish Historical Institute, has been included in the Master Journal List as the only Polish historical journal beside Acta Poloniae Historica. Master Journal List is the major index of key scientific journals in the world. It is edited and updated by the Institute for Scientific Information.

Children of the Holocaust survivors set up a new association called "Drugie Pokolenie" (Second Generation) in Warsaw. If you would like to join or share your experience e-mail us: drugie.pokolenie@jewish.org.pl

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

TO STAY OR GO? : Jews in Europe in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust

Call for Papers

International Conference at the German Historical Institute in Warsaw, 5-7 December 2011

Organized by: Jewish Historical Institute, German Historical Institute Warsaw, Nordost-Institut Lüneburg at the University of Hamburg.

Closing date for contributions: 18 May 2011