"It's not about eliminating the epidemic, but about eliminating the Jews." The wall around the Warsaw Ghetto
We are sharing a column by Dr. Martyna Grądzka-Rejak, head of the Scientific and Research Department at the Warsaw Ghetto Museum, published in the historical monthly "Mą się wieki" (They Say Ages) on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the closing of the Warsaw Ghetto borders on November 30, 2020. Ghettos established by the Germans in occupied Poland are commonly associated with a wall surrounding their borders. During the occupation, such a structure was rare. They were certainly built in Warsaw, Krakow, and Nowy Sącz. The Seuchensperrgebiet, or typhus-prone area, […]