AFP: Cornerstone laid for Museum of Polish Jews
By Mary Sibierski – 5 hours ago
WARSAW (AFP) — The cornerstone of the long-awaited Museum of the History of Polish Jews, a major step towards reviving Poland’s Jewish heritage after the Holocaust, was laid in Warsaw on Tuesday, organisers said.
In the works for a decade, the long-awaited multi-million dollar, multi-media facility is expected to open its door in 2011.
“Prior to the Holocaust, the Shoah, Warsaw was one of the world’s main centres of Jewish life where politics, culture, publishing and Jewish theatre thrived — in fact it was the leading centre, surpassing other cities in the US and Europe,” project director Jerzy Halbersztadt told guests at the site.
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