Anna Brzyska

For several years already, Anna Brzyska, member of the Forum for Dialogue Network, has been organizing “Brzesko: United in Memory” commemoration of the deportation of Jews from the Brzesko ghetto in September 1942. This year, together with the “Memory and Dialogue. Shared History” Association, as well as local high school and authorities, she prepares a commemorative plaque listing the names of Brzesko’s Jewish students murdered in the Holocaust. Archival research helped identify 60 names of Jewish students who attended the local high school before the war.

The placement of the plaque ensures that it will be visible to students attending the two schools located in the building. A QR code will be placed next to the plaque. It will redirect to the Association’s website featuring Polish and English-language articles with all the data collected on the Jewish students, including those who survived the war and those whose fate remains unknown. The plaque will create a connection between the past and present, and introduce students to the history of Brzesko’s Jews.

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.