US Violin Virtuoso Helps Raise Funds for Poland's Jewish Museum
WARSAW, Poland — The U.S. violin virtuoso Joshua Bell helped raise funds Wednesday for a Jewish History museum in Poland with a charity concert at Warsaw's Opera House.
After years of seeking sponsors, construction of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews is starting in a vast square next to the monument honoring the fighters and victims of the 1943 ill-fated Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Partly funded by the city of Warsaw, the museum will show in an interactive way some 1,000 years of Jewish life and culture in Poland. It will also discuss the Nazi-organized Holocaust that wiped that rich life away...
... Before World War II, some 3.5 million Jews lived in Poland, accounting for 10 percent of the country's population. Most were killed in the Holocaust under the German occupation. The remaining small community is taking efforts to rekindle Jewish life and tradition in Poland.
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After years of seeking sponsors, construction of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews is starting in a vast square next to the monument honoring the fighters and victims of the 1943 ill-fated Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Partly funded by the city of Warsaw, the museum will show in an interactive way some 1,000 years of Jewish life and culture in Poland. It will also discuss the Nazi-organized Holocaust that wiped that rich life away...
... Before World War II, some 3.5 million Jews lived in Poland, accounting for 10 percent of the country's population. Most were killed in the Holocaust under the German occupation. The remaining small community is taking efforts to rekindle Jewish life and tradition in Poland.