We invite all those whose families are connected with our region to the “Lubliner Reunion 2023”, organised by the 'Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre' Centre.

We invite all those whose families are connected with our region to the “Lubliner Reunion 2023”, organised by the 'Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre' Centre.

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Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin

Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin

Visit the impressive building of former Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin. Opened in June 1930, Lublin’s yeshiva was the dream project of Rabbi Meir Shapiro, who became the first head of the school. Referring to the 16th-century Talmudic education in Lublin, Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin became one of the most prestigious academies in Europe. Its building survived World War II. Today it houses a synagogue, a small museum,  a hotel and a restaurant.

The Jewish District and the Ghetto

The Jewish District and the Ghetto

Walk around the nonexistent parts of Jewish Lublin and follow the traces of memory of some of the surviving material heritage in a city which was once known as Jerusalem of the Polish Kingdom. The walk includes the former Jewish district (Podzamcze) and the area of the former ghetto around the Royal Castle.

Highlights of Lublin

Highlights of Lublin

Visit the Old Town of Lublin, feel its vibe and learn about the history of the city through its most important monuments and sites. The walk includes, the Old Town, Krakowska Gate, Krakowskie Przedmieście and Lithuanian Square.

Donjon and the Holy Trinity Chapel

Donjon and the Holy Trinity Chapel

Visit Lublin’s most representative building and experience the richness of the city’s history in its oldest monuments—the 13th century Donjon and the 14th/15th century Chapel including its breathtaking paintings. Includes: Donjon, and the Holy Trinity Chapel on Monday and Wednesday and only Donjon with a panoramic view of Lublin on Tuesday.

Lublin National Museum. Main Exhibition

Lublin National Museum. Main Exhibition

See the biggest museum in Lublin which collects and exhibits artifacts of archaeology, ethnography, military, numismatics and art. In the art galleries you will admire the works of artists from Poland and the world, among others Jan Matejko‘s large-format painting Union of Lublin.

The New Jewish Cemetery

The New Jewish Cemetery

Visit the New Jewish Cemetery, which was opened during the first half of the 19th century and operated during the existence of the ghetto. Today a part of the area serves as a memorial and another part as the only functioning Jewish cemetery in Lublin.

The Old Jewish Cemetery

The Old Jewish Cemetery

Visit the Old Jewish Cemetery which was established at least as early as in the 15th century and is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Poland. Destroyed by wars and neglected in the postwar period, it still holds some precious tombstones of Jewish scholars like the Maharshal and the Seer of Lublin.

Bromberg Family House

Bromberg Family House

The tenement at 3 Maja Street, no 22,  is not only a beautiful building that filmmakers and photographers have come to love. Above all, it is a place rich in history and significant for the city. Among others, Lieutenant Marian Mokrski, Adam Bromberg lived here. Neighboring Chmielna Street got its name thanks to a working hop dryer on the property. The owners of the tenement were the Brombergs and the Chrościechowski family.
No one knows this tenement better than its current owner Ewa van der Veer Chrościechowska, who will give us a guided tour.

Majdan Tatarski Ghetto

Majdan Tatarski Ghetto

Visit the area and learn the history of the former Majdan Tatarski ghetto in Lublin. After the liquidation of the ghetto in Podzamcze in Spring 1942, the surviving Jews were transferred to the area of the new ghetto in a city suburb called Majdan Tatarski. The newly created residual district was aimed to be a propaganda example of the "productive employment of the Jewish workforce." In spite of that, its inhabitants eventually shared the fate of other victims murdered during Aktion Reinhard.

Memorial Site in Krępiec Forest

Memorial Site in Krępiec Forest

Visit a memorial in Krępiec Forest, a place located in the southeast outskirts of Lublin which, during WWII, was a site of mass execution. Between 1940 and 1944 mainly Jews, Poles and Soviet prisoners of war were executed there. The largest mass murder took place between April 20 and 22, 1942, when, after a selection in the Majdanek camp, about 3,000 men, women and children taken from the ghetto in Majdan Tatarski were shot here.

State Museum at Majdanek

State Museum at Majdanek

Visit the area of the concentration camp Lublin, commonly known as Majdanek, which was the second biggest Nazi camp in occupied Europe. It was established in 1941, and functioned until the day of liberation of Lublin, in July 1944. The walk includes the area of the former camp, prisoners barracks and gas chambers bunker, the exhibition "The Prisoners of Majdanek," the crematorium building and the Monument to Struggle and Martyrdom.

The Wieniawa District

The Wieniawa District

A walk through the former Jewish quarter, by the Jews called also Chekhov. Wieniawa was incorporated into Lublin in 1916. Previously, it was a small town inhabited mainly by Jews. The Seer of Lublin also lived here. During the walk, we will see the site of the former synagogue, the Jewish cemetery, as well as the buildings where the Germans responsible for Operation Reinhardt lived and worked during World War II.

The Open Air Village Museum in Lublin

The Open Air Village Museum in Lublin

Learn about the traditional life of Lublin Region’s villages and experience its cultural diversity through its rich architecture and exhibits collected by one of the biggest open-air museums in Poland. The open-air exhibitions reflecting the landscape and ethnographic diversity of Lublin Region: the Lublin Upland, Roztocze, Vistula Region, Podlasie and Bug Region, and provincial towns.

The Lublin Triangle—The Yeshiva, the Jewish Hospital and Peretz House

The Lublin Triangle—The Yeshiva, the Jewish Hospital and Peretz House

There is no other place in Lublin that better depicts the diversity of Lublin's prewar Jewish Community than a peculiar triangle formed by the former Yeshiva, the Jewish Hospital and Peretz House. Although the distance between the points of this triangle is barely 250 meters (approx. 820ft), the three buildings were symbols of views on Jewishness that were worlds apart from one another. Join Piotr Nazaruk for a walk around The Lublin Triangle and learn the fascinating history of these three buildings.

Discover Lublin - list of the tours

– Bromberg Family House
– Donjon and the Holy Trinity Chapel
– Highlights of Lublin
– Lublin National Museum. Main Exhibition
– Majdan Tatarski Ghetto
– Memorial Site in Krępiec Forest
– State Museum at Majdanek
– The Jewish District and the Ghetto
– The Lublin Triangle—The Yeshiva, the Jewish Hospital and Peretz House
– The New Jewish Cemetery
– The Old Jewish Cemetery
– The Open Air Village Museum in Lublin
– The Wieniawa District
– Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin