A ceremony of the Virtual Reconstruction and outdoor projection of Warsaw’s Great Synagogue

The Great Synagogue Restores Memory about Jewish Community and Reappears as Warning and Sign of Hope

19 April 2018, 2019, 2023 Bankowy Square, Warsaw

„May remembrance and ליבע (love) overcome destruction and death”

Special thanks to Paula Sawicka and Piotr Wiślicki who believed from the beginning that impossible is possible.

Director and concept creator – Gabi von Seltmann
Project manager – Damian Wutke
Visual design and animation – Elwira Wojtunik, Popesz Csaba Láng / Elektro Moon Vision
Sound collage – Marcin Lenarczyk
Cantor – Gershon Sirota
Poem Dedication to Bashert – Irena Klepfisz
reading – rena Klepfisz, Paula Sawicka
Yiddish translation – Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
Voice recording – Michał Ołownia, Marcin Lenarczyk,
Camera – Marek Gajczak, Jan Chołoniewski, Bart Staszewski
Outdoor projection – CA VISUAL multimedia for large events (Piotr Konieczny and team )
Archival pictures – The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute and The Warsaw
Rising Museum

Organizer:
The Open Republic Association Against Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia

The Project is co-financed by the City of Warsaw.

Partner:
The Jewish Historical Institute Association in Poland

Donors:
Andrzej and Malgorzata Rojek
Irene Kronhill Pletka and the Kronhill Pletka Foundation
The Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung

Patronage:
Museum of History of Polish Jews POLIN
Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute
The Jewish Community of Warsaw
JCC Warsaw
Hillel Warsaw
Chidusz

Projection HOPE:
Director – Gabi von Seltmann
Voice – Svetlana Kundish
Visual animation – Popesz Csaba Láng / Elektro Moon Vision

Making off recording 2023 :
Director – Gabi von Seltmann
Camera, editing – Marek Gajczak
Sound – Aleksandra Landsmann