Between life and death
We are sharing a column by Dr. Jacek Konik from the MGW Research Department, published in Plus Minus magazine – the weekend edition of Rzeczpospolita – on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the closing of the Warsaw Ghetto borders on November 19, 2020. "Smuggling goods often took the form of a carefully planned, logistical operation." In the photo, smugglers throw sacks of flour over a wall (Jewish Historical Institute). With limited food rations, the only way out for those confined to the ghetto was to sell their possessions, […]
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What does it mean to us that we live in the place of their death? Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz wrote in his novel "Umschlagplatz." This question is posed by Hanna Dzielińska (Hanka Warszawianka), a journalist and tour guide who leads "Walks in the Footsteps of the Ghetto" in the Warsaw Ghetto. The first episode tells the story of the Umschlagplatz – the place from which nearly 300 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto were transported to the Treblinka extermination camp. "Walks in the Footsteps of the Ghetto" is a film series of 16 columns, […]