The fall of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
"The first half of May 1943. The fighting – if that is how the clash between powerful German forces and hopelessly armed Jewish partisans is to be described – was already in its second week. In the "Dziennik" on May 1, 1943, Joseph Goebbels (Minister of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment in the Nazi government) called it "very heavy." We invite you to read Dr. Paweł Wieczorek's column, devoted to the uprising activities that concluded the heroic uprising of Jewish fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto. With particular emphasis […]
The history of Sienna Street – a Warsaw-themed walk
The Warsaw Ghetto Museum is launching a series of monthly, educational Warsaw-themed walks. The first is on June 9th, along Sienna Street. In pre-war Warsaw, Sienna was one of the southernmost streets, connecting the poor, working-class Wola district with the affluent Śródmieście district. It housed—and still stands, having survived the war—the Bersohn and Bauman Hospital, built in 1878, the home of the Trade Workers' Mutual Aid Society […]