Text: Magdalena Krysińska-Kałużna, April 2022Majer Juda Ejzen, an attorney from prewar Konin, graduated from a junior high school in Kalisz, and his future wife, Magdalena, studied in the Coeducational Jewish Junior High School which operated in Konin in the years 1919-1929. The language of instruction there was Polish, while Hebrew was a taught subject.The junior […]
Text: Magdalena Krysińska-Kałużna, April 2022Prewar Konin was inhabited by approximately 10,000 people, a third of which were Jewish*. Those among them who were particularly religious, but not especially rich, lived next to the synagogue. One such individual was Mojżesz Abram Ejzen. His house and furrier’s workshop were located nearby the Potters’ Square, Teper Mark, by […]
Text: Magdalena Krysińska-Kałużna, March 2022‘I’ll show you where it is’ says Aleksander Chojnacki as he puts on his coat. He seems to be in a bit of a hurry. We put distance between his legal office at Wojska Polskiego and 3 Maja 42 in three minutes.I remembered Mr. Aleksander and how knowledgeable he was about […]
Text: Magdalena Krysińska-Kałużna, March 2022The librarian walks over to me with a box that looks like a jewel case more than a normal box. She opens it and gently unwraps the many layers of paper. A mezuzah appears in front of my eyes. I have never seen one before in my life. I think hardly […]
Text: Magdalena Krysińska-Kałużna, March 2022 The Jewish Konin has disappeared. Alike its memory has practically vanished from the collective consciousness of Konin’s inhabitants; a memory about the people who, over the centuries, co-created this town with ethnic Poles and representatives of other minorities. Our connection with the past has been severed. Maybe we severed it […]
