Eleonora Bergman

Eleonora Bergman (born 1947) is a Polish architecture historian who worked on the preservation of Jewish heritage in Poland. She was director of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw from 2007 to 2011.[1]

She studied architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology, going on to work at the Institute of Urban Planning and Architecture. 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. She has published a number of articles and mongraphs; she has also published several books, including:

  • 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)

Bergman serves as a member of the council of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation.[1]

In 2012, she was awarded the French Legion of Honour.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Eleonora Bergman receives the Legion of Honour". Museum of the History of Polish Jews.
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