Exhibitions - Instytut Pileckiego
- Called by Name
Called by Name
The exhibition tells the story of people who were outlawed and murdered without trial simply because they helped those whom the occupiers considered “subhuman”.
- The Choice to Save Lives
The Choice to Save Lives
It is the first exhibition of this scale devoted to the activities of Polish diplomats who strove to rescue Jews in occupied Poland and other European countries during World War II.
- Lemkin. Witness to the Age of Genocide
Lemkin. Witness to the Age of Genocide
On 9 December 1948, the United Nations unanimously adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Thus, genocide was officially recognized as a crime under...
- JULY VICTIMS
JULY VICTIMS
The Augustów Roundup was the largest crime committed against Poles by the Red Army and Soviet security services after the end of World War II.
- URBAN NETWORKS OF MODERNISM
URBAN NETWORKS OF MODERNISM
“Urban networks of modernism and the role of Jewish architects – the case of Gdynia (Poland)”
- The Volunteer. Witold Pilecki and his Mission in Auschwitz
The Volunteer. Witold Pilecki and his Mission in Auschwitz
Presentation of the story hitherto unknown and untold outside Poland – that of Pilecki’s mission to Auschwitz, of his death at the hands of the Communist authorities, and of the attempts made to...
- Passports
Passports
The exhibition shows the role played by the Polish Government-in-Exile and the Polish Underground State in informing the world about the Holocaust, and in activities undertaken to save Jews on...
- Liberated Twice. The political rights of women 1918
Liberated Twice. The political rights of women 1918
On 28 November 1918, Polish women gained active and passive voting rights through a decree issued by the Head of State, an act that placed Poland among the most democratic and modern countries in...
- SHARDS OF UNJUDGED CRIMES
SHARDS OF UNJUDGED CRIMES
The multimedia exhibition "SHARDS OF UNJUDGED CRIMES - Ukrainian eyewitness tests of Russian crimes" was created on the basis of eyewitness accounts of Russian crimes committed in Ukraine.
- WOLA 1944: OBLITERATION
WOLA 1944: OBLITERATION
The exhibition tells the story of the unsuccessful prosecution of SS Gruppenführer Heinz Reinefarth, commander of German formations that massacred tens of thousands of civilian residents of...
- Polish Paratroopers in Operation Market Garden
Polish Paratroopers in Operation Market Garden
An outdoor exhibition about Polish paratroopers in Operation Market Garden, the 80th anniversary of which falls in September, opened at the Airborne Museum at Hartenstein in Oosterbeek, the Netherlands.