Rzeszów Righteous Conference

, 16 November 2016
The offices of the Speaker of the Podkarpackie Province will, on 24th March, host an international conference entitled The Righteous Among the Nations of the World – the Scope and Forms of Aid Extended to Jews in Central and Eastern Europe Occupied by the Third Reich. Conference organisers are the Podkarpackie provincial government, the Institute of National Remembrance (Rzeszów office), the History of Institute of Rzeszów University, the State Higher School of Technology and Economics Jarosław and the Łańcut Castle Museum.

INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC CONFERENCE

The Righteous Among the Nations of the World                                                                                                      – the Scope and Forms of Aid Extended to Jews in Central and Eastern Europe                                   Occupied by the Third Reich

Rzeszów,  24th March 2014.

The offices of the Speaker of the Podkarpackie Province – Auditorium (4 Łukasz Ciepliński Ave.)

Organizatorzy:Podkarpackie provincial government, the Institute of National Remembrance (Rzeszów office), the History of Institute of Rzeszów University, the State Higher School of Technology and Economics Jarosław and the Łańcut Castle Museum.

Hoorary Partoms: Speaker of the Podkarpackie Province, Władysław Ortyl and Bishop of Rzeszów, Jan Wątroba.

PROGRAM

8.30 – 8.45  Conference Opening

8.45 – 10.05

  • Prof. Yaroslaw Hrycak(Lwów) Motivations for Helping Jews During the Occupation
  • Ihor Szczupak PhD(Dnepropetrovsk) Regional, Religious and Social aspects of the phenomenon of Righteous among the Nations in Ukraine
  • Dr Peter Borza  (Preszów) The Righteous Among the Nations in Slovenia and the Czech Republic  
  • Prof. Dr Jan Šafin(Preszów) The Unknown Slovak Schindler - Father Vasilij Ptaščuk

10.05 – 10.40  Morning break

  • Prof. Antonio Faur(Oradea) Romanians Who Helped Save Some Jews from Hungary and Northern Transylvania (1944) But Who Have Not Been Awarded the Title The Righteous Among the Nations
  • Prof. Daciana Erzse, Prof. Antonio Faur (Oradea) The Identification of More than 120 Polish Jews who Fraudulently Crossed the Border from Hungary into Romania (in 1944)
  • Mgr Marta Ansilewska(Berlin) Between 3 and 844 − what does the number of Righteous tell us about aiding Jews in the Baltic countries during the WWII?
  • Dr Fediniec Csilla(Budapeszt) Jews in Carpathian Rutheniain the transition from the Hungarian to the Soviet regime (1944–1945)

12.00 – 12.30  Discussion

12.30 – 14.00  Lunch Break

14.00 – 15.40

  • Prof. Wacław Wierzbieniec(Rzeszów – Jarosław) Institutional and Non-Institutional Forms of Helping Jews in Poland During World War II
  • Dr Hania M. Fedorowicz (Salzburg) Rescuers and Those Rescued in the Eastern Kresy of the Second Polish Republic, Using Amalia Sandberg of Zaleszczyk as an Example
  • Dr Aleksandra Namysło(Katowice) Poles Murdered for Helping Jews on Territory Incorporated Into the Third Reich
  • Dr Mateusz Szpytma(Kraków) The Ulma Family – a Symbol of Poles Murdered for Helping Jews
  • Dr Elżbieta Rączy (Rzeszów) Establishment of the Ulma Family Museum in Markowa

15.40 – 16.00  Discussion of Closure of Conference

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