Marek Rekucki

The project continues a longtime engagement of Marek Rekucki and the Mszana Dolna Shtetl Foundation, this time focusing on a permanent commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust with a granite plaque listing the names and ages of Mszana Dolna Jews murdered on August 19, 1942. The unveiling of the plaque will be the culminating event of an official ceremony held on the anniversary of the Holocaust of Mszana’s Jews. As in the previous year, the ceremony will be attended by descendants of Mszana’s Jews and residents of the town.

The plaque will be placed behind the already existing monument on Mroza Street. The monument on Mroza Street, known as Pańskie, is a place where members of the Mszana Dolna Shtetl Foundation have been conducting educational activities for years, bringing closer the stories of Mszana’s Jewish families. Along with the Jewish cemetery, the monument on Pańskie is one of the two places preserving the memory of Holocaust victims in Mszana Dolna.

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.