“Were the Jews more desolate than other people dying? They were -although this is a statement beyond human understanding. Was there any way to help them in this desolation? Certainly yes, but only a few and to a very limited extent. There were people who tried to do it”.
– Władysław Bartoszewski
TITLE: ‘Was there any way to help them in this desolation?’ Rescue of Jews in occupied Poland
MADE IN: 2020
LANGUAGE: Polish – English
DESCRIPTION: The exhibition is devoted to the issue of polish help to Jewish people during WWII. By showing the realities of the Holocaust in occupied Poland – from the German invasion in 1939, through the implementation of the plan of the extermination of Jews by the occupier, to the end of the war – it presents the individual stories of the Rescued and Rescuers and their dramatic choices. There are additional information in the form of iconographic sources, graphics and quotes at the boards.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
- elements: 18 boards made of PVC boards with self-adhesive foil (Museum of Poles Saving Jews does not provide a mounting system – see point below)
- dimension of the board – height 194 cm, width 120 cm, thickness 0,5 cm
- assembly: non-invasive assembly systems or other (necessity of prior consultation with the Museum of Poles Saving Jews)
- outdoor presentation possibility
FEES: insurance, transport costs
DURATION OF THE LEND: determined individually
ORGANIZER: The Ulma Family Museum of Poles Saving Jews in World War II
AUTHORS OF TEXTS: Kamil Kopera, Anna Stróż-Pawłowska
THE CONCEPT OF GRAPHIC DESIGN: Krzysztof Brynecki
THE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE FOLLOWING COLLECTIONS WERE USED: i.a. Museum of Poles Saving Jews, Central Archives of Modern Records, State Archive in Rzeszów, PANDA Foundation / Municipal Zoological Garden in Warsaw, National Museum of the Przemyśl Land, Museum of Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich
