Waliców Street
In this modern district, it's difficult to find the industrial atmosphere of former breweries or brickyards. However, there are relics that recall the history of this place and its inhabitants, says Hanna Dzielińska (Hanka Warszawianka), journalist and tour guide. The thirteenth episode of "Walks in the Footsteps of the Ghetto" describes the fate of Waliców Street and its surroundings, which were associated with prominent Jewish literary figures in pre-war Warsaw: Icchok Leib Perec, Władysław Szlengel, […]
Jewish Cemetery on Okopowa Street
Over 200 people are buried here, but the memory in the stones here is a testament to the life of a much larger community – this is how Hanna Dzielińska (Hanka Warszawianka), journalist and tourist guide, describes the Jewish Cemetery on Okopowa Street. The fifteenth and penultimate episode of "Varsavianist Walks in the Footsteps of the Ghetto" tells the story of one of Europe's largest Jewish necropolises and its leading sculptor, Abraham Ostrzega, whose nearly 60 works adorn the tombstones there. "Varsavianist Walks in the Footsteps of the Ghetto" is a film from the series […]
Ghetto wall
Today, it's difficult to imagine what a closed, isolated part of the capital looked like, but the ghetto's boundaries can be found within the city space, says Hanna Dzielińska (Hanka Warszawianka), journalist and tour guide. The fourteenth installment in the series "Warsaw Walks in the Footsteps of the Ghetto" outlines the area and circumstances surrounding the creation of the so-called Jewish residential district, once separated from the rest of the world by the Ghetto Wall. The gradually deteriorating living conditions in the Warsaw Ghetto and the despair of its […]
Cool Street
In 1940, Chłodna Street found itself within the ghetto. (...) the cobblestones and tram tracks themselves were already outside the closed district," says Hanna Dzielińska (Hanka Warszawianka), journalist and tour guide. In the twelfth part of "Walks in the Footsteps of the Ghetto," she tells the story of Chłodna Street, which divided the so-called Jewish residential district into two parts – the small and large ghettos – until January 26, 1942, when a footbridge connecting them was built. On the same […]
Courts in Leszno
The courts on Leszno Street were a border and, at the same time, a link between two worlds, says Hanna Dzielińska (Hanka Warszawianka), journalist and tour guide. The tenth episode of the series "Walks in the Footsteps of the Ghetto" tells the story of the municipal courts at 127 Solidarności Avenue (formerly 53/55 Leszno Street), once colloquially known as the Courts on Leszno Street. They served as a meeting point between the ghetto and the so-called Aryan side, enabling meetings of friends and family, smuggling, and escapes. It was […]