Maria Aldona Kozłowska – Vilnius, Ponary
Maria Aldona Kozłowska (née Olszewska) was born in Słonim in 1925. From her childhood in Vilnius, she recalls the local Jewish community—its customs, costumes, and the roles its members played in various social and economic spheres. She witnessed the death march of Vilnius Jews to Ponary. She heard shots fired by the Szaulis (Shaulis) at Jews and saw Jewish property being sold. However, she does not accept the accusation of indifference to the events […]
MGW cooperates with the XXXIX Polish Aviation Secondary School in Warsaw
On February 18, the Education Department of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum led an educational walk through the former Warsaw Ghetto for high school students from the XXXIX Polish Aviation High School (https://www.facebook.com/XXXIXLO) in Bielany. Photo: Robert Wilczyński (MGW) The students, accompanied by MGW guide Masza Makarova, walked through the former ghetto – from the southern border on Złota Street, where they saw preserved fragments of the ghetto walls, to the northern border, where they heard the story of the extermination […]