# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Determining Gaze. Images of Jewish Life in Postwar Poland. Guided Tour in English
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 18 Jun, 2025 at 05:30 pm
- **Event Description**: The exhibition at the Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow showcases photographs of Jewish life in Poland immediately after the Holocaust. It emerged in cooperation with the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, which holds one of the most important collections on Polish Jewish history. A unique photographic collection consisting especially of photo albums offers insights into the ambivalence of the first postwar years.

Photographs are not a neutral documentation of reality. Hence, this exhibition housed at the Leipzig research institute explores what interests clients had in their choice of subject matter and how photographers directed the viewer’s gaze with their motifs and framing. What was photographed for which purposes, what was prominently staged, and what is recognizable today only with background knowledge? And how have these photographs taken at the time shaped the image of Jewish life in postwar Poland into the present day?

Jewish life in Poland immediately after the Holocaust was full of ambivalences and contradictory experiences: between self-determination and violence, mourning and new beginnings, reconstruction and emigration. In Lower Silesia, on former German territory, Jewish life briefly flourished again for a few years. At the same time, there were repeated attacks against Jews throughout the country, the largest of which was the Kielce Pogrom in the summer of 1946. This escalation of violence was one of the main reasons for the emigration of a large number of Holocaust survivors by the end of the decade.

This exhibition emerged in the framework of funding from the Alfred Landecker Foundation and in close cooperation between the Dubnow Institute in Leipzig and the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw. It will run in Leipzig until February 2026.

Photo: Julia Pirotte, Selbstporträt im Spiegel mit Kamera in den Händen, Marseille 1943. Photograph from the collection of the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leipzig/the-determining-gaze-images-of-jewish-life-in-postwar-poland-guided-tour-in-english/200028324618654
- **Event Categories**: exhibitions, photography
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Leipzig
- **state**: SN
- **country**: Germany
- **location**: Goldschmidtstraße 28, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- **lat**: 51.33555
- **long**: 12.38686
- **full address**: Goldschmidtstraße 28, 04103 Leipzig, Germany, Goldschmidtstraße 28, 04103 Leipzig, Deutschland,Leipzig, Germany

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Determining Gaze. Images of Jewish Life in Postwar Poland. Guided Tour in English being held?
  - **A:** The Determining Gaze. Images of Jewish Life in Postwar Poland. Guided Tour in English takes place on Wed, 18 Jun, 2025 at 05:30 pm to Wed, 18 Jun, 2025 at 05:30 pm at Goldschmidtstraße 28, 04103 Leipzig, Germany, Goldschmidtstraße 28, 04103 Leipzig, Deutschland,Leipzig, Germany.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Determining Gaze. Images of Jewish Life in Postwar Poland. Guided Tour in English?
  - **A:** The Determining Gaze. Images of Jewish Life in Postwar Poland. Guided Tour in English is organized by Dubnow-Institut.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** The Determining Gaze. Images of Jewish Life in Postwar Poland. Guided Tour in English is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Leipzig, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If The Determining Gaze. Images of Jewish Life in Postwar Poland. Guided Tour in English sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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