The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, built on the site of the Warsaw
Ghetto Uprising, will honor and celebrate 1000 years of Jewish life and
culture in Poland. This film documents the Museum's development from
its groundbreaking in 2007 and includes footage of volunteers building
the replica of the 17th-century Gwoździec Synagogue, a keystone of the
Core Exhibition. The film is a succinct and engaging portrait of an
enormous work in progress, including breathtaking helicam views of the
building exterior.
In the film, Dr Elie Wiesel explains why the Museum,
opening in 2013, is so important: "The Museum is a geographical place
of memory, and you cannot be in the place of the Ghetto Uprising and not
feel something very deep. There were 1,000 years of Jewish history in
Poland; 1,000 years of activity, of extraordinary aspirations and
endeavors and dreams and metamorphoses; 1,000 years, which must be
studied and communicated and shared."
