Attitudes of Polish intellectuals towards extermination in the Warsaw Ghetto – lecture by Prof. Rachel Brenner

The lecture will sum up Prof. Brenner’s (University of Wisconsin-Madison) research on the reactions of Warsaw intellectuals to the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto. Analyzing the wartime journals of Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Maria Dąbrowska, Aurelia Wyleżyńska, Zofia Nałkowska and Stanisław Rembek, she will attempt to answer questions about the role of the bystander – witness, observer, and about the sources of altruism.

Lecture in English. Simultaneous translation into Polish.

Event organized in partnership with the Embassy of the United States in Poland.