Tadeusz Borowski II – Łódź, Bałuty
The second part of Tadeusz Borowski's memoirs, recounting the period of German occupation in Łódź. "I couldn't bear to see those I knew leaving for the ghetto, and I desperately wanted to go with them," he says. He didn't go, but he helped hide a Jewish escapee from the ghetto, who had taken refuge in the attic of a tenement house inhabited, among others, by German tenants. We invite you to watch another series of film interviews produced as part of the "Niepodległa" Multiannual Program for 2017-2022. This time, through his memories […]
Off-site seminar for teachers | "In the footsteps of Operation Reinhardt"
[no seats available] The Warsaw Ghetto Museum invites teachers and educators to a free off-site seminar, "In the Footsteps of Operation Reinhardt," on March 26-27, 2022. Lublin Jews before deportation (Yad Vashem) On March 17, 1942, "Operation Reinhardt" began – a perfectly planned operation to systematically murder the entire Jewish population of the General Government and later the Białystok District, exploiting the victims' labor, and plundering their property. The operation was likely named […]
Warsaw Walk | "Pociejów, Tłomackie and the surrounding area – the lost heart of the former northern district"
The Warsaw Ghetto Museum invites you to the second Warsaw Walking Tour of 2022, which will take place on February 20th – "Pociejów, Tłomackie and the Surrounding Area – the Lost Heart of the Former Northern District"! The history of former Pociejów – the first shopping center in Jewish Warsaw, the synagogue on Daniłowiczowska Street, Simons Passage – the large "department store" of the Jewish district, Rymarska Street with the "Melody Palace" pub, famous during the ghetto era, and finally the origin, history, and significance of […]
A walk and mobile field game dedicated to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Education Department of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum has begun work on developing a mobile field game dedicated to the history of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. During a walk around Warsaw, the Good Games team, which will oversee the game's technical and content development, visited key sites associated with the uprising, including the monument to the evacuation of ghetto fighters at 51 Prosta Street. This is where, on the "Aryan side," on May 10, 1943, insurgents from the Jewish Combat Organization emerged from the sewers […]