Lecture: “Polish architects of Jewish descent”

March 27, at 12:00 pm

The lecture referred to the exhibition “A world before a catastrophe. Krakow’s Jews between the wars”, on show at the ICC in 2007. It was devoted to women architects, such as Diana Reiter, Rela Schmeidler, Helena Syrkus, and Eliza Unger.

The community of Jewish architects and builders had a significant contribution to the development of interwar Poland. Among them, women played an important role: well educated, eager to use the language of modern architecture and urban planning, they were respected and recognised within the architectural community. Unfortunately, World War II and the Holocaust put an end to their careers.

The lecture took place online via Zoom. Admission was free.

Lecture from the series: “Decades with Art”.

Lecturer:

Dr. Małgorzata Jędrzejczyk – art historian, curator. She studied art history at the Jagiellonian University, Universität Wien, and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. A graduate of the interdisciplinary programme Environment-Technology-Society (Jagiellonian University). Author of academic articles on art and architecture of the 20th century and essays in exhibition catalogues and magazines. Co-editor of the anthology “obraz/ciało” and co-editor of “Komponowanie przestrzeni. Rzeźby awangardy”. Co-author and curator of the Exercising Modernity programme (Pilecki-Institut Berlin). As part of her doctoral dissertation prepared at the Institute of Art History of the Jagiellonian University, she investigates the concept of space in the work of Katarzyna Kobro.