12 years after the first renovation of the former Jewish house of prayer, we obtained funds from the Silesian Provincial Conservator of Monuments and the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sports to carry out restoration, refreshment and supplementary works in the Cukermanów prayer house. This is very important, because after so many years, hundreds […]

We are currently working on the project “The Borderland Memory”. It aims is to create an internet publication devoted to places related to the history of Jews in Upper Silesia and the Zagłębie Dąbrowskie – on the historical border between Poland and Germany. Using a variety of media such as contemporary photography, accounts of witnesses […]

Natalia Romik has been a friend of our foundation for many years. We share a bond of professional friendship, but also privately, it is very close to us. A few years ago we tested her JAD vehicle together, which was designed to draw attention to Jewish “problems” and since then our fates were tied together. […]

Let’s meet on August 3 – on the 77th anniversary of the liquidation of the Będzin ghetto. Let’s bring flowers and candles to honor all the Jewish inhabitants of Będzin murdered during Holocaust. *** August 3, 2020 7:00 p.m. – meeting in front of the main entrance to the Będzin railway station. Walk together to […]

From the beginning of the year 2020, we tare working on the website dedicated to the Jewish cemetery in Czeladź. The site is a simple and modern search for graves located in the cemetery. There are about 3000 gravestones there. It is worth visiting this beautiful cemetery, perfectly restored in the 1980s by Moniek Stawski […]

December 29, 2019 at 12.00 (Sunday),  Al. Kołłątaja 24/28, Będzin (Jewish house of prayer at the Cukerman’s Gate) We invite you to a meeting with the authors of the “Będzin houses and their stories” project. The meeting will start at the Cukerman’s Gate, then we will go for a short walk in the footsteps of […]

In HAARETZ about our collection of photographs of Józef Bacior form Zarki town. https://www.haaretz.co.il/blogs/beithatfutsot/BLOG-1.7188431?utm_source=App_Share&utm_medium=iOS_Native&fbclid=IwAR0HF-9mgD6fMFR2th_jZC8NaXhy0zJnY7sa46D0uRLLTJA0OHonx7qQNpI

We started cooperation with the Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot. Museum shares with readers over 300 photographs from the Jozef Bacior’s collection of Brama Cukermana Foundation. https://www.bh.org.il/blog-items/jewish-life-kept-in-the-attic-the-story-of-a-rare-photo-collection-in-the-holocaust/?_atscid=4_59325_185797369_2708681_0_Tzafdjd3d3du2p8papa&fbclid=IwAR3RqlosQwsP0ujVUlx-8y-RB6NzkffP7OCLDmtR_nznhUC9rUIL1M3lSPY  

“My thoughts return tothe dark hole of the bunker, where the three of us were cramped together for seven long days and nights, with only enough food and water for a day or two, terrified of being discovered and killed. How could a five-year-old child understand, accept, and obey under such inhuman conditions? How could […]

Zachor Zaglembie Journey – מסע הזכרון לציון 75שנה לחיסול גיטאות זגלמביה July/August 2018 Thank you so much! Dear Friends! We hope that this visit will remain memorable to you and your families for a long time, and that you have found what you were looking for, in the land of your ancestors. We, at the Brama […]