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• NIGHT WITHOUT AND END - »FAILED CORRECTION«

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The Polish Center for Holocaust Research was established on 2 July 2003, as a section of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. It is the first and so far the only research institution in Poland dealing exclusively with Holocaust studies. This is the fundamental difference between the Center and the above institutions.

The team of the Polish Center for Holocaust Research are scholars of the middle and the young generations, who attempt to work out their own approach to the broadly understood Holocaust issues. One of its chief characteristics is its comprehensive character, as the Center’s activity is not limited to academic research sensu stricto, but it also comprises documentation, educational and publishing endeavors. Only these four areas make up an integral whole. Let me briefly outline the Center’s documentation, educational and editorial activities, and then move on to its methodological profile and research projects.

Documentation

The Center maintains an Internet page with the Warsaw Ghetto data base, with over 50,000 entries (constantly expanded and updated), divided into places, people, events, and sources to do with the Warsaw Ghetto. Currently, thanks to a grant provided by the Fund for Support of Jewish Institutions or Projects outside Norway, the data base has been given a new IT architecture and is regularly expanded and translated into English. This is a unique endeavor on such a scale (an extensive data base, designed as “work in progress” to allow for constant expansion and correction. The data base offers various (often detailed) information on the life of the Jews behind the walls of the largest ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe. The “people” entries are the most popular among the web page visitors.

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