Eleonora Bergman (born 1947) is a Polish architecture historian who worked on the preservation of Jewish heritage in Poland. She was director of the

Jewish Historical Institute The Jewish Historical Institute ( pl, Żydowski Instytut Historyczny or ''ŻIH''; yi, ייִדישער היסטאָרישער אינסטיטוט), also known as the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, is a public cultural and researc ...

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is official ...

from 2007 to 2011.

Biography

She studied architecture at the

Warsaw University of Technology The Warsaw University of Technology ( pl, Politechnika Warszawska, lit=Varsovian Polytechnic) is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland and one of the largest in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professor ...

, going on to work at the Institute of Urban Planning and Architecture. She later researched architectural monuments in Poland for the Arts Institute of the

Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of Sciences ( pl, Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society of ...

. In 1991, she began work with the Jewish Historical Institute, documenting Jewish religious buildings and landmarks. Bergman received her

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from the Institute of Art History of the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...

in 1997.

Selected publications

She has published a number of articles and monographs; she has also published several books, including: * ''Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce: katalog'' (1996), with * ''Nurt mauretański w architekturze synagog Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej w XIX i na początku XX wieku'' (2004) * ''Nie masz bóżnicy powszechnej. Synagogi i domy modlitwy w Warszawie od końca XVIII do początku XXI wieku'' (2007) Bergman serves as a member of the council of the

Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, created in 2009 by Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, aims to gather and manage an endowment from which income shall finance the long-term, global preservation program of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Site. Aim and object ...

Awards and honours

In 2012, she was awarded the French

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

References

1947 births Living people 20th-century Polish historians University of Warsaw alumni 20th-century Polish Jews 21st-century Polish Jews Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Polish women academics Women historians {{Poland-historian-stub