Our Tablets of Memory. Warsaw Jewish Cemetery photographed by Miroslaw Sadecki (8 IV 2008 - 30 III 2009)
The exhibition is a poetic documentary presentation of the Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw. Its aim is to show both the inhabitants of Warsaw as well as tourists visiting JHI, and not only history of the cemetery but also the history of the Jewish community – its intellectual and artistic achievements as well as the input into Polish culture.
Miroslaw Sadecki is a graduate of the Munich Academy of Design. He worked as a creative art director in advertising and publishing agencies and is a winner of prestigious competitions in Germany and USA (BDA Promax). From the early 1990’s Mirosław Sadecki has been a photographer. He is an active member of Munich AKKU group.
Honorary patronage: Prof. Władysław Bartoszewski Media patronage: Gazeta Wyborcza
We would like to thank Jewish Community of Warsaw for their financial support of the exhibition. More: www.nasze-tablice-pamieci.com
They Came to Stay: Polish Jews
The exhibition shows the journey of Jews into Poland, the longevity, various facets and ways of their life there. The main focus is the intellectual contribution of Polish Jews to the Polish society, world culture, and Judaism. In spite of the tragedy of World War II and the Holocaust, Jews by no means left Poland completely. Their descendants, though few in number, have been reconnecting openly with Jewish life since the 1980s. Many non-Jewish Poles have started to study Jewish ways and Jewish imprint on Polish history and culture. Jewish Poles and non-Jewish Poles are working together to preserve remnants of the past and to enrich contemporary Jewish culture and life in Poland. The exhibition is based on the collections of the Jewish Historical Institute, in cooperation with the Orange Foundation.