Eleonora Bergman
Eleonora Bergman (born 1947) is a Polish architectural historian who has worked on the preservation of Jewish heritage in Poland. She was director of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw from 2007 to 2011.
Eleonora Bergman
- Name
- Eleonora Bergman
- Born
- 22 October 1947
- Education
- PhD in art history
- Nationality
- Poland
- Occupation
- architect · historian
- Fields
- The Holocaust · World War II · Jewish monument · history of architecture
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- Polish
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Eleonora Bergman (born 1947) is a Polish architectural historian who has worked on the preservation of Jewish heritage in Poland. She was director of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw from 2007 to 2011.
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Eleonora Bergman studied at Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology and University of Warsaw. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is The Holocaust, World War II and Jewish monument. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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• Name — Eleonora Bergman • Born — 22 October 1947 • Education — PhD in art history • Alma Mater — Warsaw University of Technology: architecture, University of Warsaw: art history - PhD
Biography
Biography
Born into a Jewish family in Poland, Bergman studied architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology. She began her career at the Institute of Urban Planning and Architecture, and became increasingly interested in architectural history. She later researched architectural monuments in Poland for the Arts Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 1991, she began work with the Jewish Historical Institute, documenting Jewish religious buildings and landmarks. Bergman received her PhD from the Institute of Art History of the University of Warsaw in 1997. Bergman has published a number of articles and monographs. She has also published several books. She serves as a member of the council of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation.
Selected publications
• Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce: katalog (1996), with Jan Jagielski • Nurt mauretański w architekturze synagog Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej w XIX i na początku XX wieku (2004) • Nie masz bóżnicy powszechnej. Synagogi i domy modlitwy w Warszawie od końca XVIII do początku XXI wieku (2007)
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In 2012, she was awarded the French Legion of Honour.
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- 1.Sito web di SARP, filiale di Varsavia (in polacco)
- 2.iN polacco: Orient w architekturze synagog na ziemiach polskich w XIX i na początku XX wieku.
- 3.In inglese: Memorial Fundation for Jewish Culture.
- 4.Tomasz Urzykowski: Tutaj był mur getta. (in polacco), sul sito warszawa.gazeta.pl, 2008-11-19.
- 5.Eleonora Bergman członkiem Rady Ochrony Pamięci Walk i Męczeństwa (in polacco), l'Istituto Storico Ebraico a Varsavia, 17 dicembre 2009.
- 6.In polacco: Rady Ochrony Pamięci Walk i Męczeństwa.
- 7.Legia Honorowa dla Eleonory Bergman. „Stolica”, pag. 5, 11/2012.
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