A Taste of Ghetto Life 25. Umschlagplatz
With episode 25, we conclude Agnieszka Witkowska-Krych's "Taste of Ghetto Life" series, launched in March of last year. In this series, she explored issues such as feeding ghetto residents, the activities of ad hoc feeding stations for starving residents, and the Transferstelle, a soup kitchen serving children and infants. She discusses the courthouses that served as a transit point for food smugglers, Janusz Korczak's efforts to obtain aid for the Main Shelter, the so-called house committees, and the people […]
"The Warsaw Ghetto Elites Through the Prism of Encyclopedia Work"
In November 2019, the Warsaw Ghetto Museum, together with the Polish Society for Jewish Studies (PTSŻ), the Jewish Historical Institute (ŻIH), the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (ENRI), and Touro College Berlin, organized an international academic conference entitled "The Beginning of Nazi Occupation: Patterns of Continuity and Changes in Jewish and Polish Life." The event coincided with the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, which occurred last year. Its […]