"Great Action" (22 July 1942 – 21 September 1942)
"The Nazi authorities began implementing their plans to exterminate European Jews in mid-1941, with the entry of German troops into the USSR. If the actions undertaken by the Einsatzgruppen at that time are considered the first stage of extermination, and those initiated nine months later ("Operation Reinhardt") are treated as its escalation, then the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto – carried out from July 22 to September 21, 1942, under the name "Grand Aktion" – should be considered the completion of […]
March of Remembrance 2019
On July 22, 1942, the Germans launched Grossaktion Warschau. Jews confined in the Warsaw Ghetto began deporting to the Treblinka extermination camp. On the 77th anniversary of these tragic events, a March of Remembrance will follow the symbolic route today. Every day, for over two months, the Germans deported up to seven thousand Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto and towns around Warsaw from the Umschlagplatz. The march, which begins at 6:00 PM in front of the Umschlagplatz monument, will pass through the streets of Stawki, […]