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27 01, 2019

Jan 27 – International Holocaust Remebrance Day

2019-01-27T20:29:13-06:00

On 27 January 1945, Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp, was liberated by the Red Army. In 2005 January 27 was designated by the United Nations General Assembly to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp and the end of the Holocaust that occurred during the Second World War. It commemorates the genocide that resulted in the death of an estimated 6 million Jews, 8.7 million Slavs, 1.8 million ethnic Poles, 220,000 Romani people, [...]

Jan 27 – International Holocaust Remebrance Day2019-01-27T20:29:13-06:00
16 09, 2018

October 8 -11, 2018 Building Bridges: Polish-Jewish Perspectives

2019-01-27T17:14:43-06:00

Building Bridges: Polish-Jewish Perspectives Visiting Professor Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett Saint Louis, Missouri October 8 – 11, 2018 We are pleased to announce a series of upcoming lectures coming to St Louis this Fall. Our guest will be Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Chief Curator of the Core Exhibition at POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland. The program will include the following lectures open to the public: Tuesday Oct. 9, 2018 4:00 PM [...]

October 8 -11, 2018 Building Bridges: Polish-Jewish Perspectives2019-01-27T17:14:43-06:00
16 08, 2018

Anniversary of Warsaw Uprising at St Louis Public Library

2019-01-27T17:13:54-06:00

Sat Aug. 11, 2 PM St Louis Public Library Carpenter Branch and Saint Louis Polonia hosted an event commemorating 1944 Warsaw Uprising. Many thanks to all the St Louis Public Library staff, the event patrons and participants who made this possible; Kudos to Marek Jankowicz for sharing his photos of the event. Our special thanks go to our historian extraordinaire dr Michał Kwiecień for a very interesting overview of the historical and political background of the Warsaw Uprising. A St [...]

Anniversary of Warsaw Uprising at St Louis Public Library2019-01-27T17:13:54-06:00
29 05, 2018

May 2018 -Saint Louis Polonia at MIRCIM Conference in Krakow

2018-05-30T19:49:48-06:00

We had the pleasure of participating at MIRCIM in Krakow, Poland; which is an international board review course led by McMaster University in Canada in partnership with Jagiellonian University.  The Auschwitz Review course had 200 participants who listened to state of the art lectures. One of the lectures was truly life changing by Professor Wanda Połtawska  who was a clinical psychiatrist at Jagiellonian and survivor of clinical experiments done at the concentration camp.  The Best Case report featured 16 countries [...]

May 2018 -Saint Louis Polonia at MIRCIM Conference in Krakow2018-05-30T19:49:48-06:00
7 11, 2017

May 9, 2018 MIRCIM 2018 Conference in Kraków

2019-01-27T17:15:08-06:00

Registration to 2018 MIRCOM Conference is now open. Follow this link to register:  https://empendium.com/mircim/info/132771,fees-2018 In addition, workshops and lectures will be offered at Jagiellonian University on May 7.    The week will entail state of the art lectures and workshops delivered by an outstanding assembly of speakers who are world-renowned experts in their fields, from authors of clinical practice guidelines to researchers behind breakthrough trials that shape the modern standards in medicine. The aim of the conference is to deliver [...]

May 9, 2018 MIRCIM 2018 Conference in Kraków2019-01-27T17:15:08-06:00
12 02, 2017

Apr. 18, 2017 Visiting Professor Lecture

2018-09-12T08:40:27-06:00

On behalf of Saint Louis Polonia and community partners, we would like to invite you to our inaugural Visiting Professor Lecture by Dr. Aleksander Skotnicki, MD on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at the Four Season Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri.   Dr. Skotnicki has a distinguished career as a physician and academic professional with accomplishments in research, teaching and patient care. He has also dedicated his life to illuminating the history of Polish-Jewish communities in Krakow, Poland. His tireless efforts in this [...]

Apr. 18, 2017 Visiting Professor Lecture2018-09-12T08:40:27-06:00
30 08, 2015

Sep 24 – Jan Karski Exhibition at Saint Louis University

2016-02-07T21:28:57-06:00

  The World Knew - Jan Karski's Mission for Humanity Exhibition Opening September 24, 6:00 pm Saint Louis University Pius XII  Memorial Library 3650 Lindell Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63108 Phone: 314-977-3087 This 22 panel educational travelling exhibition reflects heavily on Jan Karski’s World War II memoir Story of a Secret State, detailing his mission from the Polish Government in Exile. He was charged with the task of bringing an eyewitness account of the Holocaust to skeptical Allied leaders, including [...]

Sep 24 – Jan Karski Exhibition at Saint Louis University2016-02-07T21:28:57-06:00
10 12, 2014

Addressing Defamation

2015-02-11T08:56:07-06:00

The Polish American Communication Initative (PACI)  created the newest page on the PACI "Addressing Defamation". This site presents recent examples of Anti-Polish statements or erroneous used of Polish history and wil be updated over time as the currrent issues getresolved or become old. Please visit the PACI page and help counter disparaging remarks against Poles and Polish Americans. Allowing the presentation of historical inaccuracies about Poles or perpetuating Polish stereotypes hurts not just PolishAmericans but all Americans. If  know of [...]

Addressing Defamation2015-02-11T08:56:07-06:00
18 05, 2013

Ready, Study, Go Poland

2019-10-06T19:15:22-06:00

May 30th, 2013 at 6:30 PM at the Washington University  School of Medicine  Bernard Becker Medical Library, The M. Kenton King Faculty Center (7th Floor), 660 South Euclid, St. Louis, MO 63110. On behalf of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland, Honorary Consul Mr. Robert Ogrodnik and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington D.C., it is with great pleasure we invite you to a presentation:READY STUDY GO! POLAND – Educational Possibilities in Poland [...]

Ready, Study, Go Poland2019-10-06T19:15:22-06:00
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