Network Spotlight: Paweł Mazanka

Paweł Mazanka is a member of the Forum for Dialogue Network and a Catholic priest. He works to preserve the memory of Jews in Szydłów. He is a Professor at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, where he runs the Metaphysics Department. He is involved in Jewish/Christian dialogue. In 2024 he received Forum for Dialogue grant for the installation of plaques commemorating those laid to rest at the Szydłów Jewish cemetery. This list of names was compiled thanks to the archival research of documents from 1886-1914 and 1918-1939. On September 15, 2024, the ceremony of unveiling of the plaques gathered the descendants of Szydłów's Jews from all around the world and inhabitants of Szydłów together.
With Assistance from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
Supported by the German Federal Ministry of Finance and the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future
Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Moreover, in 2024, the program for activists in the Forum for Dialogue Network is co-financed thanks to the generosity of Friends of the Forum, LEDOR WADOR Foundation, United States Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, and individual donors and institutions from Poland and abroad supporting Forum for Dialogue.