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Bente Kahan Foundation Center for Jewish Culture and Education

Acronym: FBK

General Information

Identification Code: 256751851551-07
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: FUNDACJA BENTE KAHAN
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 10/24/2023
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: The Bente Kahan Foundation is committed to furthering mutual respect and human rights through the perspective of the tragic European Jewish experience. The Foundation started its activities in 2006 with the specific goal of restoring the White Stork Synagogue and creating there a vital center for Jewish culture and education that honors and preserves the 800 year-old-history of Jews in Wroclaw and Lower Silesia.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Culture
  • Education and training
  • Justice and fundamental rights
Levels of Interest:
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: CULTURAL HERITAGE: Goals and objectives of the Foundation: Overcoming stereotypes and preventing antisemitism, racism and intolerance. Preserving the material and spiritual heritage of Jewish culture – including but not limited to Wrocław and Dolny Śląsk [Lower Silesia]. Presenting Jewish cultural heritage, history and religion in Poland and abroad. Developing Jewish culture in Poland and worldwide. Launching and supporting educational and research initiatives in the area of Jewish culture. Documenting and commemorating the history of Jews with emphasis on the Holocaust. Launching and supporting initiatives that promote communication among nations, cultures and religions. Revitalising the buildings and facilities of the Jewish Community in Wroclaw, ul. Wlodkowica 7. Supporting such activities of individuals and organizations that may coincide with the above-mentioned goals and objectives of the Foundation. Launching fund-raising initiatives for the purpose of any and all of the above goals and objectives.
Communication Activities: 1. Expositions promoting cultural heritage 2. The exhibition UNFINISHED LIVES at the European Parliament (20.11.-25.11.2023) is among the foundation’s annual events within the framework of Days of Mutual Respect commemorating Kristallnacht, November 9, 1938. Unfinished Lives is a multimedia project by the Bente Kahan Foundation (Fundacja Bente Kahan/FBK), introducing European Jewish artists who perished during the Holocaust. In the midst of the horror, artists continued to express themselves through literature, music, visual and performing arts. The material included in the exhibition is unique, presenting often forgotten artists and their work, and sometimes even showcasing them to the public for the first time. European Jewish art before World War II was multilingual, multicultural, and diverse, both thematically and formally. Behind each photo is an actual person, introduced with a biography and surviving artwork, such as writings, paintings, films, or music. If there is no existing photo, the person is represented symbolically as a shadow. We want to make our artists and their work known to a larger audience. To do this, we have undertaken new translations of literature and produced videos, concerts, and recordings, often in various languages. The project started as a permanent exhibition at the White Stork Synagogue in Wroclaw, Poland. Together with the exhibition, FBK has also produced a concert titled Unfinished Lives, with Bente Kahan, Ronen Nissan, and the National Forum of Music – NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra, Wrocław, Poland. In 2022, the Unfinished Lives exhibition is accessible online in English, German, Polish, Ukrainian, and Norwegian. To date, it has been presented at schools, as outdoor exhibitions, at regional parliaments and museums in Poland, Germany and Norway. FBK continues to broaden the project and wishes to expand its outreach. War is not an abstract notion, but a reoccurring nightmare. Art resonates with each of us and helps interpret events. The Holocaust is our shared legacy and has become the modern world’s metric for evil.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Anti-racism and diversity,European cultural heritage, ways of Saint-James and other European cultural routes

Head Office

Address: Bente Kahan Foundation Center for Jewish Culture and EducationPawła Włodkowica 21/12
Post Code: 50-072
City: Wroclaw
Country: POLAND
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EU Office

Address: Bente Kahan Foundation Center for Jewish Culture and EducationPawła Włodkowica 21/12
Post Code: 50-072
City: Wroclaw
Country: POLAND
Phone: [object Object]

Financial Data

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Complementary Information: 1. Grants: (Municipality of Wrocław - city budget): 154867 EUR and Finance Ministry of Brandenburg: 1632 EUR 2. revenues in the projects of FBK: 3875 EUR 3. private donations for FBK: 7442 EUR All above incomes are allocated to the foundation's statutory activities.

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 2
Members50 Percent: 2
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 5
Members F T E: 2.5
Info Members: 1. Director 2. Deputy Director and plenipotentiary 3. Projects Coordinator 4. Projects Coordinator 5. Plenipotentiary

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: There are no other organisations or members within the Bente Kahan Foundation.
Organisation Members: European Days of Jewish Culture (The European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture and Heritage (AEPJ)), https://jewisheritage.org/edjc Moreshet Jewish Heritage Network, https://morehet.eu