After 6 years of service with the Fundacja Beiteinu Chaj-2004, Mrs. Beata Sauermann has resigned from her position as Vice President.
Beata was one of the two founding members of the Fundacja and served as its vice-president until her resignation in February 2011.
With her motivation for working for the well-being and progress of the Jewish community of Poland, with her sensitivity and ability to understand and work with people, Beata contributed much to our efforts to rescue and restore the synagogue of Dzierżoniów.
Beta now works as a teacher in the United Kingdom. For reasons of being fully occupied in her profession and, since with her move to England, living quite far from the country where our Fundacja is active, Beata has decided to terminate her active role in the Fundacja and resign from her position as Vice President. Beata will retain her interest in our activities and goals.
The members of the Fundacja and its Executive express their sincere thanks for Beata’s interest and dedication to the objectives of the Fundacja Beiteinu Chaj-2004. All of us wish Beata the very best for her personal and professional future.
Report on Project
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The Jewish Yishuv of Reichenbach/Dzierżoniów in Lower Silesia, after World War II – personal and collective reminiscences (Project 102243)
The primary part of the project “The Jewish Yishuv of Dzierżoniów” was the seminar, attended by students that took place in Kreisau / Krzyżowa between the end of April and early May 2010. Its most important result is the exhibition on the theme of the project.
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Ceiling repairs
After years of decay, the broken windows and the leaky roof of the synagogue are now repaired, but the interior plaster walls and the ceiling from 1875 remained in very bad shape, until a crew of inmates of the local penal institution volunteered to knock off the old plaster, replacing it with insulating panels and fresh plaster.
Inmates – Lunch break
In return and as recognition of the good work, the Jewish community offered a number of lectures about Jewish history to the inmates.
Bolesław Janowski, one of the original members of the board of directors of the Fundacja Beiteinu Chaj-2004 recently died at the age of 98 in Warsaw. He was born in Kraśnik near Lublin in Poland. Boles?aw Janowski lost his entire family during Holocaust.
Before 1941, Bolesław Janowski fled to the USSR. He returned after 1945 and lived in Warsaw, where he was very involved in volunteer work for Jewish community in Poland.
Since the end of World War II, he was a member of many Jewish committees. He was known as a great Yiddish translator, teacher and an excellent chess player. He run the Jewish chess club for many years.
Bolesław Janowski leaves a daughter Elżbieta and a granddaughter Judyta. He will be remembered by members of the Board ofFundacja Beiteinu Chaj-2004 and his friends.
On September 14, 2010, the Fundacja Beiteinu Chaj-2004 had the honor and great pleasure to welcome Mr. Bernhard Brasack, Consul General of the German Federal Republic and his wife, Mrs. Elin Magnuùsson at the historic synagogue of Dzierżoniów / Reichenbach.
Mr. and Mrs. Brasack spent more than four hours in and around the old synagogue, enjoying a rich program that included a luncheon served in the synagogue. The City of Dzierżoniów was represented by Mrs. Ostrowska, deputy mayor. The Lutheran Church was represented by Pastor Leszek Wierzbicki, the Catholic Church by Vice Deacon Father Jarosław Leśniak.
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