Open Academic seminar of the Centre. Wioletta Wejman - I Remember This. The Holocaust in the Memories of Witnesses

08.05.2026 08:34:35

Otwarte Seminarium Naukowe

Wioletta Wejmann

“I Remember This.” The Holocaust in the Memories of Witnesses: Testimonies from the Oral History Archive of the “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre in Lublin.

The meeting will take place on

Wednesday, May 20, in Room 161 at Staszic Palace (72 Nowy Świat Street) at 11:00 a.m.

Online participation via Zoom is available—registration is required:

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CThe aim of this presentation is to introduce the holdings of the Oral History Archive of the “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre in Lublin, collected since 1998. I will analyse audiovisual testimonies that contain references to the Holocaust in Lublin and the Lublin region. The central question concerns the ways in which, several decades after the tragic events, narratives about the fate of the region’s Jewish community are constructed. The lecture will also offer an assessment of the potential of these testimonies to enrich current knowledge about the Holocaust.
Wioletta Wejman is a philosopher, cultural studies scholar, and documentarian specialising in oral history. Since 2005, she has been affiliated with the Oral History Laboratory of the “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre in Lublin. She is a board member of the Polish Oral History Association. She has co-created numerous projects dedicated to collecting and disseminating oral testimonies and promoting oral history, including “Lights in the Darkness – Righteous Among the Nations,” “Ludwik Fleck in Lublin,” “Rescued from Oblivion – Krystyna Modrzewska,” “Lublin. Memory of the Holocaust,” “Operation Reinhardt – In the Orbit of the Holocaust,” and “Oral History Archive – Development and Online Access to Key Collections.” She is co-author of the book Personal Baggage. After March.

👉 Online participation via Zoom is possible. Advance registration is required.
🔹https://tinyurl.com/2ubszdtv