The Core Exhibition is a journey through 1000 years of the history of Polish Jews – from the Middle Ages until today. Visitors will find answers to questions such as: how did Jews come to Poland? How did Poland become the center of the Jewish Diaspora and the home of the largest Jewish community in the world? How did it cease to be one, and how is Jewish life being revived?

On the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, we present an exhibition dedicated to Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust and about their postwar experiences. Deprived of nearly everything—their nearest and dearest, their community and their home—they faced a dramatic choice: to stay or to leave?