Rediscovering Traces of Memory: The Jewish Heritage of Polish Galicia

Wonderfully detailed... highly readable... evoke[s] a rich texture of memory and tradition and loss and even hope.--Ruth Ellen Gruber, author of National Geographic Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to Eastern Europe

A stunning tribute to the Jewish heritage of Polish Galicia.... A treasure for future generations.--Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, author of Destination Culture: Tourism, Museums, and Heritage

Polish-Jewish relations have long suffered from stereotypes and false accusations on both sides, and this is a major attempt to right the wrongs of the past.--Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland

A moving account of what is being done to preserve the memory of what was lost and of the people, both Poles and Jews, involved in this important undertaking.--Antony Polonsky Polin

Schwarz's photos are striking, incisive and heartbreaking... Jewish Exponent, February 11, 2010

Wonderfully detailed... highly readable... evoke[s] a rich texture of memory and tradition and loss and even hope. Ruth Ellen Gruber, author of National Geographic Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to Eastern Europe

A stunning tribute to the Jewish heritage of Polish Galicia.... A treasure for future generations. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, author of Destination Culture: Tourism, Museums, and Heritage

A moving account of what is being done to preserve the memory of what was lost and of the people, both Poles and Jews, involved in this important undertaking. Antony Polonsky, Polin

Polish-Jewish relations have long suffered from stereotypes and false accusations on both sides, and this is a major attempt to right the wrongs of the past. Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland

Webber's notes, in particular, distinguish Rediscovering Traces of Memory from other albums.... Close attention to detail, together with cooperation between photographer and anthropologist, makes the work an important contribution to scholarship. H-Judaic, March 2011

This rich, thought-provoking, and meticulously researched book will offer a good introduction to the topic of Jewish history in Galicia to students of contemporary European history, and will serve as a valuable supplement to those studying modern European Jewish culture, the history of the Holocaust, topics in East European ethnography, and the complex Polish-Jewish relations of the past and today. Slavic and East European Journal

Jonathan Webber holds the UNESCO Chair in Jewish and Interfaith Studies at the University of Birmingham. He is a founding member of the International Auschwitz Council and was awarded the Golden Cross of the Polish Order of Merit for services to Polish-Jewish relations.

Chris Schwarz (1948 2007) was an acclaimed British photojournalist who exhibited and published many collections of his photographs on social welfare issues. In 2004 he opened the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow, Poland, to bring the story of the Jewish heritage in Polish Galicia to Poland and to the world.