Who We Are

New York, United States:

Aviva Miller, Esq. – US Director

Erica Evans – Development & Operations Manager

Jack Simony — Director General

Oświęcim, Poland:

Tomek

Tomek Kuncewicz – Director

Leads the team at the Jewish Museum in Oświęcim, serves as director of the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation in Poland, conducts workshops & lectures. Ornithologist, gardener and naturalist by passion.

An English philologist (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań) and Judaic scholar (Brandeis University, USA), and anti-discrimination trainer (Academy of Anti-Discrimination Training). Recipient of the Irena Sendler Award, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Medal for preserving Polish-Jewish heritage and opposing all forms of hatred.

MaciekMaciek Zabierowski – Head of Education Department

Develops and conducts educational programs for adults: U.S. Army cadets, police officers, and teachers. Interested in technological innovations in and out of education.

Educated as a historian (Jagiellonian University) and a graduate of the Anti-Discrimination Training Academy, former representative of the International School of Holocaust Studies at the Yad Vashem Institute in Poland, and former collaborator of the AGH University of Science and Technology e-Learning Center in Kraków.

Artur

Dr. Artur Szyndler – Curator

Manages the collection of the Jewish Museum in Oświęcim, conducts archival and historical research, and museum workshops. Co-leads cultural projects. Prefers spending his free time at concerts.

A doctor of religious studies (Jagiellonian University), author of academic articles (including Yad Vashem Studies) and publications for the Jewish Museum (including Oszpicin. The History of Jewish Oświęcim).

OlaAleksandra Kuncewicz – Administration and Finance

Oversees financial and personnel matters. Loves dogs and other animals.

Graduate of the Marketing and Management Faculty at the University of Economics in Poznań.

KarolinaKarolina Turza – Educator

Develops and conducts programs and workshops for youth and adults, including the Anti-Discrimination Education Academy. Co-leads cultural projects. Enjoys all kinds of mountains.

A Polish philologist (University of Bielsko-Biała), graduate of the Anti-Discrimination Education Academy and the Applied Drama School of the STOP-KLATKA Drama Practitioners Association, former collaborator of the Warsaw Center for Educational and Social Innovation and Training.

Kamil Gut – Educator

Board

Chairman

Simon Bergson

Founder and President Emeritus

Fred Schwartz z”l

Trustees

Stefany Bergson
Brianne Bergson-Gluckstern
Daniel Eisenstadt
David Marwell
Suzanne Miller
Shiri B. Sandler
James Schreiber
Allyne Schwartz z”l
Jack Simony
Robert Weiner
Dorota Wiewióra
Wayne Zuckerman

Staff pic AJCF

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