Paweł Bajerlein

Pawel Bajerlein’s “Greetings from Koźmin” project brings back the memory of the Jewish community in Koźmin through education, art and tours. The project’s title is a call back to postcards printed by Israel Tuch of Koźmin, while the projects activities include a postcard-making workshop, in addition to a bicycle tour and an exhibition. The postcards created by the students participating in the workshop that doubles as a history lesson, will be distributed as souvenirs for participants and exhibition invitations.

The bicycle tour open to Koźmin residents will start at Mamlok family’s former bicycle store and will continue through other places related to the history of Jewish Koźmin. The exhibition hosted by the local public library and prepared by Pawel Bajerlein in cooperation with Koźmin’s high school students will present the 19th and 20th century history of Jews in Koźmin. Through references to particular people, places, and stories, it will remind of the Jewish residents of the town and its rich and varied Jewish history and heritage.

In 2023, the Leaders of Dialogue program, including grants and scholarships, is financed thanks to the generosity of Friends of the Forum, LEDOR WADOR Foundation, United States Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad and individual donors and institutions from Poland and abroad supporting Forum for Dialogue. Scholarships for personal development are possible thanks to The David and Anna Dlugie Kliger Scholarship Fund.