Heschel Center News
Heschel Center News: Let Memory Become a Light — 81 Years Since the Liberation of Auschwitz
Memory must not turn into a ritual or a “lesson to be checked off,” speakers stressed during the anniversary commemorations at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former German Nazi concentration camp. Survivor Bernard Offen appealed: “Let memory not be a burden. Let it become a light that will guide us in the…
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Heschel Center News: The Ładoś Group and Forged Passports Used to Save Jews
During World War II in neutral Switzerland, a small group of Polish diplomats and Jewish activists carried out a coordinated, informal rescue operation. Their goal was to save European Jews from the Holocaust. Operating at the Polish Legation in Bern, this clandestine network—known as the Ładoś Group—produced and distributed…
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Heschel Center News: “Płock Judaica” Exhibition - A Remarkable Testimony to the Centuries-Long Presence of Jews
On the occasion of the Day of Judaism in the Catholic Church, a unique exhibition entitled “Płock Judaica” was presented at the seat of the diocesan curia in Płock. Curators from the Masovian Museum in Płock, led by Barbara Rydzewska, brought together valuable artifacts documenting the centuries-long life of…
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Biblical commentaries
Sunday Psalm: A Small Liturgy of Everyday Happiness
Can happiness be found in an ordinary day? In a morning cup of coffee, in a child’s laughter, in the tiredness that follows honest work? Psalm 128 answers: yes. It is one of the warmest texts of the Bible—a hymn of blessing that does not fall from heaven like…
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Psalm for Today: God Is a Rock, Not an Illusion
Psalm 31 is the prayer of a person who, at their most fragile moment, discovers that they do not have to be alone. It shows that trust is not born of strength, but of the courage to be vulnerable before God, who is a rock, not an illusion. It…
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Sunday Psalm: The Mountain Is Not a Sentence, but a Promise
Modern people often feel lost because they live in a world without a mountain. Everything is flat, relative, without a summit. The psalm restores the vertical dimension of life—not to weigh you down, but to show that there is something higher, and that it is worth going there. And…
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The Encyclopedia of Righteous
Henryk Hilchen (1881–1956)
Henryk Hilchen (1881–1956) Henryk Hilchen (born 30 July 1881, died 20 August 1956) was a Polish Roman Catholic clergyman and social activist[1]. He combined legal education with priestly ministry – he obtained a doctorate in political and economic sciences while simultaneously serving as a vicar and parish priest in various…
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Bruno (Brunon) Boguszewski (1907–1987)
Bruno (Brunon) Boguszewski (1907–1987) Fr. Bruno (Brunon) Józef Boguszewski (born 14 March 1907 in Strzelce Wielkie, died 23 October 1987) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest, decorated with the medal “Righteous Among the Nations”[1]. He was a priest of the Kraków archdiocese and during the war served as a vicar…
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Władysław Głowacki (1902–1974)
Władysław Głowacki (1902–1974) Władysław Głowacki (born 1902) was a Polish Roman Catholic clergyman, known primarily for helping Jews during World War II. He served as prefect at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Leszno Street, working within the parish of St. Augustine in Nowolipki[1][2]. For…
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