Malopolska
The Malopolska region is richer in
monuments of Jewish culture than any other part of Poland. It was once
home to a number of great centres of Jewish intellectual, political and
religious life; among them Cracow, Przemysl, Jaroslaw and Lvov. It was
also an area where numerous Chasidic groups thrived: in Bobowa, Nowy
Sacz, Dabrowa Tarnowska and Lezajsk, to mention but a few. Along with
Cracow, other towns in this region stand out for the number of their
Jewish monuments of nationwide significance. This includes architecture
of the highest class (Lesko) as well as testimony to Jewish spirituality
in the form of the oholot in Bobowa, Brzesko, Dabrowa Gornicza and
Lezajsk. Many figures of international standing have roots in
MaĆopolska, for instance Billy Wilder (1906-2002), born in Sucha
Beskidzka, famous as the director of many Hollywood movies, including
Sunset Boulevard.
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