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Memory and Dialogue. Common History.

Efroim Jakob Beidner was born in Brzesko on January 28, 1867. He became a “private Hebrew teacher” (as his occupation was described in his children’s birth records). The Beidners had lived in Brzesko for many generations; the gravestones of Efroim Jakob’s father, Josef Beidner (1844-1889), and his grandmother, Keila Beidner (1809-1878), can still be seen […]

Hirsch Baumgarten (January 7, 1861 – January 1, 1938) was born in Łęki Dolne, he was the son of Laser and Dwojra Baumgarten. He most likely moved to Borzęcin after marrying Ryfka Sattler (1857 – June 4, 1932). Ryfka was the daughter of Wolf (Lewek) Sattler, born in Tymowa around 1809, and Borzęcin-born Estera Sattler […]

Born in 1872, Wolf Munz was the eldest child of Berisch Munz and Reisel Nestelgrun, who had lived in Jadowniki. Wolf became a butcher and married Chana Hoffer. They had five children born in 1901-1911. Wolf Munz didn’t live to see his children grow. According to the testimony of his half-brother, Izak Munz, Wolf was […]

In September 2025, it was already for the 11th time, that we organized events commemorating the pre-war Jewish community of Brzesko and vicinity. On September 11, Adam Musiał, the teacher with over 20 years of teaching experience at a Krakow high school, who collaborates with numerous educational and research institutions in Poland and abroad, came […]

In one of the photos by Schaje Weiss (1929), you can see a fragment of today’s Żwirki i Wigury Square from the side of Głowackiego Street, which was used for keeping horse-drawn carriages during market days. In the house on the corner of this square there was an “Iron trade” shop owned by Noach Schiff, […]

In 2023-2024, we regularly took care of the Brzesko Jewish cemetery. In cooperation with the  teachers Dorota Pstrąg, Magdalena Sowa, Bernadeta Styczeń and Dorota Woda, we organized many cemetery clean-up events together with students from primary schools #2 and #3, Brzesko high school and three times – with a group of Polish-German youth. Thanks to […]

Born in Łukanowice on May 14, 1885, Schaje Nisan Berkelhamer was the son of Aron Eilband and Gale Sussel Berkelhamer. Since the parents had only a religious marriage, which was not recognized by the state, their children were considered illegitimate and were supposed to have their mother’s last name. Schaje Nisan became a tinsmith. In […]

Nisen Leser, one of the last Brzesko-born Holocaust survivors, passed away on January 31, 2022. Nisen Leser was born in Brzesko on November 6, 1923. He was the oldest of five children of Schulem and Freida Mindel Leser. Schulem Leser was born in Ciężkowice on September 3, 1901, and moved to Brzesko after marrying Freidel […]

In the family archive of the descendants of the Feibysowicz-Gartenberg family, there have been kept a post-war photo showing 5 Holocaust survivors from Brzesko. For many decades, these people remained anonymous. However, after seeing this photo, we could right away recognize the woman standing on the left, Sabina Schmukler, née Teeman. And after a few […]

In 2024, we commemorated the pre-war Jewish community of Brzesko during various events that took place on September 13-15. On September 13, there took place the opening of  the exhibition dedicated to Mala Zimetbaum in the Brzesko high school followed by the intergenerational discussion “What it means to remain human in unhuman times”. It’s been […]