Kamil Kmak

The title of the project refers to a series of works by the artist Eli Diner, entitled Uprooted. It will use art as a means to contemplate universal problems: the sense of alienation, otherness, loss of identity.

The main goal will be to establish a mental and interpersonal relationship between Grybów’s present-day residents and the descendants of Grybów Jews, opening new opportunities for creative involvement in the work on the memory and identity of the town and the participants(art workshops, joint singing). One such opportunity will feature a vocal concert by a descendant of Grybów Jews.

On the anniversary of Aktion Reinhardt, a meeting at the mass grave in Biała Niżna has been planned. It will feature a concert, followed by a tree-planting ceremony and distribution of more than 200 seedlings, thus materializing the idea of the project and following up on the campaign of planting “2,000 trees for 2,000 victims of fascism,” held in Grybów in 1973.

The Leaders of Dialogue program, including grants and scholarships, was financed thanks to the generosity of Friends of the Forum, Ledor Wador Foundation, 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.