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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Jointly with the Kreisau/Krzyżowa Foundation of Mutual Understanding, the Fundacja Beiteinu Chaj–2004 organized an International Seminar for Students focused on the postwar Jewish Community of Dzierżoniów / Reichenbach. The project had the title “The Jewish Yishuv in Reichenbach / Dzierżoniów in Lower Silesia after the Second World War – Individual and Collective Memories.”
The project was funded by the “Geschichtswerkstatt Europa.”
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We are pleased to announce that, jointly with the Kreisau / Krzyżowa Foundation of Mutual Understanding, the Fundacja Beiteinu Chaj – 2004 will proceed with a International Seminar for Students focused on the postwar Jewish Community of Dzierżoniów / Reichenbach:
CfA: International Seminar for Students
„The Jewish Yishuv in Reichenbach/Dzier?oniów in Lower Silesia after the Second World War- Individual and Collective Memories“, 23.04. – 03.05. 2010, Kreisau / Krzyżowa, Poland
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Intense preparations preceded the celebration of the Jewish New Year that began at sunset September 18 and ended at nightfall September 20.
During the first two weeks in September, several large restoration projects were completed in time for New Year: all windows were permanently glassed in, including the round window, high on the entrance side that carries a Star of David; the rooms on the lower floor and upstairs the prayer room were painted and eight new doors were installed; the final act of this phase of restoration was the opening of the front door that had been bricked up years ago to keep out vandals and other undesirable visitors.
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