EXHIBITION „THEY FILL NO SPACES”. MOST INTERESTING MURALS ABOUT POLISH JEWS
• Gliwice, 14 July-9 August, Upper Silesian Jewish Remembrance Centre, 14 Ksiecia Józefa Poniatowskiego St.
• Opole, 11 August-6 September, Provincial Public Library Garden, 18-19-20 Piastowska St.
• Wrocław, 8 September-4 October, Wrocław Market Square
• Częstochowa, 6 October-2 November, dr Władysław Biegański Square
The outdoor exhibition “They Fill No Space” is open to all. It innovatively utilises murals to present selected themes from the history of Polish Jews. It also sheds light on Polish-Jewish relations and forms of restoring the memory of previous neighbours by urban activists and local associations.
In over a dozen thematic sections, viewers will learn, among other things, about the contribution of Polish Jews to their native culture and economy, Jewish life in Poland over the centuries, and the Polish Righteous among the Nations. The exhibition also addresses difficult chapters in Polish-Jewish history, including the Holocaust and the anti-Semitic campaign instigated by the communist authorities in March 1968.
Exhibitions in the individual cities will be complemented by a comprehensive programme of educational and cultural activities created in collaboration with local partners.
Recipients may participate in city walks, family workshops and lectures relating to regional Jewish history, among other activities. More information about the accompanying programme can be found directly on the partners’ websites.
The exhibition “They Fill No Space” was created in 2017 in collaboration with the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw and the Norwegian Centre for Holocaust and Minority Studies in Oslo. In 2019, it was presented at the Festival of Tolerance in Zagreb.
Between 2021 and 2022, the exhibition could be seen for the first time in eleven cities in Poland: Lublin, Warsaw, Cracow, Łódź, Rzeszów, Białystok, Ełk, Olsztyn, Gdynia, Bydgoszcz and Toruń. The exhibition is available in Polish and English.
The travelling outdoor exhibition “They Fill No Space. Restoring the Memory of Polish Jews in the urban space” is again on tour. It is currently on display in Gliwice and will then visit Opole, Wrocław and Częstochowa. Using more than 30 murals from various locations in Poland, we recount the story of selected themes in the history of Polish Jews.
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews