Exhibitions - Instytut Pileckiego
exhibition
Is genocide a domain of history? What led to one of the most significant intellectual responses to the tragic experience of World War II? Explore the story of Rafał Lemkin – the author of the concept of genocide!
“Lemkin. Witness to the Age of Genocide” is the title of the first-ever exhibition in Poland, organized by the Pilecki Institute, to be devoted entirely to the person of Rafał Lemkin. Its opening coincided with the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which Lemkin considered as his life’s work. Warsaw, the city where he had had his legal practice and from which he fled before the advancing German forces in September 1939, suffered heavily from German crimes – the victims of which included both Jews and Poles – throughout the War, and this makes it a fitting location to speak about the life and achievements of Rafał Lemkin. The exhibition utilizes photographs, documents, and audiovisual materials from American archives, the majority of which have not been hitherto presented in Poland.
See also
- Passports for life. Website devoted to the activities of the Ładoś Group
Virtual exhibition
Passports for life. Website devoted to the activities of the Ładoś Group
During the Second World War, Polish diplomats in the Swiss capital of Bern cooperated with the Jewish community to carry out the so-called passport campaign aimed at saving Jews from the Holocaust.
- Lemkin. Witness to the Age of Genocide | online exhibition
Virtual exhibition
Lemkin. Witness to the Age of Genocide | online exhibition
Is genocide a domain of history? What led to one of the most significant intellectual responses to the tragic experience of World War II? Explore the story of Raphael Lemkin – the author of the concept of genocide!
- Liberated Twice. The political rights of women 1918 | online exhibition
Virtual exhibition
Liberated Twice. The political rights of women 1918 | online exhibition
The Decree issued by the Chief of State on 28 November 1918, which granted women the right to vote and the right to stand for election, placed Poland amongst the most democratic and progressive European states.
- Called by name | online exhibition
Virtual exhibition
Called by name | online exhibition
Who are “Called by Name”? They are Poles who were murdered by the Germans during the occupation because they helped Jews designated for extermination in the Holocaust – their friends, neighbors and complete strangers. For many years, the fate of those.