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Silesian Synagogues: A thousands years' history that disappeared in one night

Date: 06 - 07.11.2019
Place of the event: building H-14
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Wrocław University of Science and Technology and the Bente Kahan Foundation are to hold a scientific seminar on November 6-7 entitled: "The Silesian Synagogues: A Thousand Years of History Which Died in One Night”.

Wrocław University of Science and Technology and the Bente Kahan Foundation are to hold a scientific seminar on November 6-7 entitled: "The Silesian Synagogues: A Thousand Years of History Which Died in One Night”.

The event will comprise two discussion panels (one historical and one dedicated to Silesian synagogues) and a debate on commemorating historical sites, which will take place in the building H-14, as well as an open lecture by Professor Piotr Kuroczyński from the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz entitled "The New Synagogue in a Digital Network of Links - New Forms of Documenting and Passing on the Cultural Heritage” - to be held at the White Stork Synagogue.

The seminar will be accompanied by the Parallel Traces exhibition, presenting photographs and films by world-famous artists and photographers connected with the Jewish heritage of 5 cities: Wrocław, Girona, Syget, Belgrade, and Tbilisi.

In addition, a concert by the young Israeli pianist Itamar Feinberg is planned for the end of the first day.

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