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Published in a limited edition of 600 copies. Contents: Introduction; Fifty Years of the Jewish Historical Institute; Polish Historiography and the Jewish Historical Institute; The Scholarly Tradition in Warsaw's Jewish Community in the 19th Century; The Institute for Judaic Studies in Warsaw (1928-1939); Scholarly Activity of the Jewish Historical Institute in Poland, 1947-1996; The Institute Archives; The Jewish Historical Institute Museum: Collections and Programs; The Library Collections of the Jewish Historical Institute; The History of the Jewish Historical Institute Building; The Ringelblum Archive; Mending Torn Memories: The Ronald S. Lauder Foundation Genealogy Project at the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland; Monuments of Jewish History in the Works of the Jewish Historical Institute; Educational Programs at the Jewish Historical Institute; Documentation of the Righteous Gentiles' Medals at the Yad Vashem Branch of the Jewish Historical Institute; Establishing the Museum of the History of Polish Jews