
Sounds, images, great atmosphere
Guests from Łódź and Warsaw at the cultural studio synagogue Barczewo (Wartenburg) on January 6

The prelude to 2025 for the newly renovated synagogue in Warmia was a tonally and intellectually rich evening, celebrated by the audience, guests of honor, and representatives of television and the press in the overcrowded room with impressive acoustics.

The Jewish Choir Clil, whose members traveled from Lodz and Warsaw, sang joyful songs for the Festival of Lights Hanukkah and other melodies in Yiddish, Hebrew and Polish. In her illustrated lecture, the historian Ruth Leiserowitz presented the latest findings of her research on the former Jewish citizens of the town. She was able to identify faces and exciting stories behind some of the gravestones displayed next to the synagogue and show where Jewish businesses were located in the city.


This event aimed to convey aspects of Jewish culture in Warmia emotionally and intellectually. The driving force behind the project Krystyna Szter and the district administrator Andrzej Abako welcomed all the visitors, some of whom had travelled a long way to attend, including Prof. Robert Traba from the Council of the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation, which sponsored the event, and the chancellor of the German Consulate General in Gdansk, Ms. Diane Roehrig.



Ruth and Michael Leiserowitz from the association “Jews in East Prussia”, who initiated the event and organized it in close cooperation with Krystyna Szter, invited the choristers and audience to pancakes afterwards, which led to many conversations. The extremely successful afternoon was the result of fantastic cooperation between the choir “Clil”, the Barczewo Synagogue with Krystyna Szter and the association “Jews in East Prussia”, for which we would like to express our sincere thanks.
The event was organized with the financial support of the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation.

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