The 2011 Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows Program: A Bridge to History

The 2011 Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows Program: A Bridge to History.

After a brief orientation in New York City, the Fellows travel in Poland for three weeks, during which time they visit Krakow, Warsaw, Oświęcim (Auschwitz), and Lodz. The Fellows will also be taken on a study trip throughout southeast Poland to explore the area’s rich Jewish heritage and meet with local Jewish and non-Jewish leaders to learn about pre-war Jewish life, life under the Nazi occupation and Communism, as well as about the state of the Jewish community in Poland today. Guided by scholars and staff from the Auschwitz Jewish Center, they work with Polish scholars, local archives, and museums; hear testimony from survivors and rescuers; and travel extensively throughout Poland to sites of Holocaust memory and Jewish heritage.

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