On January 19, 2022, Patrycja Dołowy’s newest book, “Treasures” premiered in Poland. Dołowy, who is a writer, multimedia artist, social activist, popularizer of science and art, came up with the idea for “Treasures” in 2017. Michelle Levy, her American Jewish artist friend, asked her for help in searching for Levy’s family roots. During their journey they met Poles who care about the memory of Jewish history and heritage in their towns. It is their stories, contrasted with the experiences of Jews visiting Poland to trace their family histories, that make up “Treasures”.

The book features members of Forum’s Leaders of Dialogue network: Marek Chmielewski from Orla, Karolina and Piotr Jakoweńko from Będzin,

Ireneusz Socha from Dębica, Jacek Koszczan from Dukla, Kamila Klauzińska from Zduńska Wola, Krzysztof Przybyłowicz from Biecz, Marek Kołcon from Zamość, Mirosław Skrzypczyk from Szczekociny, Sławomir Chwaściński from Radoszyce, Urszula Antosz-Rekucka from Mszana Dolna, Wojciech Mszyca from Żarki, and Wojciech Mazan from Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. Their personal stories are part of the multi-layered history of the interweaving fates of people from the past and present, and their “treasures”, mementos and family heirlooms, which after decades of silence force readers to rethink the complex issues of confronting the traces of the once vibrant and now lost world.