EVENTS

2004 • Visit to Slawatycze - Vickie and Chuck Block, Joshua Metnick.
2005 • Meeting of Slawatycze Landsmanschaft - Chicago.
2008 • Rededication of Jewish Cemetery in Slawatycze.
• 1st Cleaning and clearing of Cemetery since 1939.
• Erection of New Brick Entrance to Cemetery.
• Above activities done in conjunction with:
FODZ - The Foundation For The Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland.
• Return of the first of many Matzavot that had been taken from the Cemetery after the destruction of the Jewish Community.
2010 • Clearing of overgrowth of Cemetery under direction of FODZ.
2011 • Forum For Dialogue Among Nations conducts a first Four day “School of Dialogue” Workshop in Slawatycze High School.
2012 • First Clearing of overgrowth of Cemetery under the direction of The Nissenbaum Family Foundation.

Since 2012, The Nissenbaum Family Foundation has cleared the Cemetery at least once a year.
2013 • Creation of The David and Anna Dlugie Kliger Scholarship Fund in conjunction with The Forum For Dialogue Among Nations. These scholarships are awarded annually.
2014 • First D&ADK Fund Scholarship awarded to Mariusz Sokolowski.
• Grzegorz Kiec elected Mayor of Slawatycze.

Issues call to townspeople for return of Matzavot to Cemetery. Many are returned.
2015 • Second D&ADK Fund Scholarship awarded to Karol Glebocki.
• Dorota Szmydko-Kolejko and Leszek Kolejko purchase the Apelberg Mill and begin restoration work.
2016 • Forum For Dialogue Among Nations conducts a second Four day “School of Dialogue” Workshop

in Slawatycze High School. Funded by The Greene Family Fund.
• Third D&ADK Fund Scholarship awarded to Ewa Kopel.
2017 • Fourth D&ADK Fund Scholarship awarded to Kamil Mrozowicz.
2018 • New fence erected along entire front of Cemetery (154 meters) by Slawatycze Landsmanschaft in conjunction with

The Nissenbaum Family Foundation.
• Fifth D&ADK Fund Scholarship awarded to Darius Walerjanski.
• Discussions begin with The Foundation For The Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland (FODZ) to extend The Chasidic

Route to Slawatycze thus making it the point furthest North on The Route.

• Arek Misztal elected Mayor of Slawatycze.

2019 • Sixth D&ADK Fund Scholarship awarded to Andrzej Grzegorczyk.

• Meeting and discussions with Mayor Misztal concerning support of projects honoring the memory and involvement of Slawatycze Jews
in the village and pursuing possible joint projects.

2020 • Seventh and Eighth D&ADK Fund Scholarships awarded to Marek Kolcon and Jacek Koszczan.

• Canopy Placed over Matzavot in the Cemetery. This was funded by our Landsmanschaft and done in conjuction with The Apelberg Mill
(Leszek Kolejko and Dorota Szmydko-Kolejko).

• Addition of "The Jewish History of Slawatycze" in Polish and English to the official Slawatycze Gmina (Municipality) Website. This was
done in conjuction with and by the suggestion of The Nissenbaum Foundation and the Municipality. The English version is also
accessible in the HISTORY tab of our website.

2021 • Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh D&ADK Fund Scholarships awarded to:

Urszula Antosz-Rekucka, Agnieszka Pollak-Olszowska, and Marek Chmielewski.

• Sign offs received from seven property owners including the Catholic Church who border the Jewish Cemetery granting permission
to continue adding new fencing to enclose and mark the entire cemetery.

• Planting of 250 Daffodil Bulbs in front of the cemetery by volunteer friends living in Slawatycze.

This was done in conjunction with The Daffodil Project.

2022 • Village temporarily deemed a “Restricted Military Zone” due to Refugee Concerns from Belarus and Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• Ban on travel and visits to Slawatycze lifted in late April. During the ‘restrictions’ the Apelberg Mill was commandeered in order
to provide housing and shelter for a contingent of Polish Soldiers. Official Opening of Mill temporarily postponed.

• Slawatycze offers hospitality, shelter, and schooling for approximately Fifty Ukrainian woman and their children fleeing the war further

East.
• Some funding provided for assisting the refugees by members of the Slawatycze Landsmanschaft.

• Visit to Slawatycze in late April by Gary Borisy and Sally Casper (see Gallery and Descendants).

• Cleanup work in Cemetery by Nissenbaum Foundation after a long hiatus due to Covid Pandemic.

• Delay of various projects due to Covid Pandemic and war between Russia and Ukraine.
- Fencing
- Cleanup of Cemetery
- Artist Fellowship
- Memorial Marker for Cemetery
- Signage indicating locations of Jewish points of interest

• Opening of Apelberg Mill.

• 12th and 13th D&ADK Fund Scholarships awarded to: Teresa Jablonska and Anita Rucioch-Golek.

2023 • 14th and 15th D&ADK Fund Scholarships awarded to Ireneusz Socha and Mariusz Czuj.

• Continued discussion with a Historian commissioned to write a "History of The Jews in Slawatycze."

• Clean up and Maintenance of the Cemetery by the Nissenbaum Family Foundation resumes.

2024 • Dorota Szmydko-Kolejko, co-owner and co-creator of the revitalized Apelberg Mill becomes a member of the Forum For Dialogue.

• 16th and 17th D&ADK Fund Scholarships awarded to: Pawel Bajerlein and Radoslaw Ptaszynski.

• Alan Metnick accepts invitation to exhibit Prints and Drawings at Apelberg Mill. Exhibition from April-September.

• Clean up and Maintenance of the Cemetery by The Nissenbaum Family Foundation.

• Placement of Historical Plaque on Cemetery entrance by the National Institute of Cultural Heritage signifying Cemetery as ‘Cultural

Property' and protected cultural importance to the State of Poland. Ceremony scheduled for September 22, 2024.