Irene Kronhill–Pletka's visit to the excavations
On Monday, June 27, Irene Kronhill-Pletka, a member of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum Council, visited the archaeological excavations conducted by the Warsaw Ghetto Museum, along with a team of researchers from Christopher Newport University and the Aleksander Gieysztor Academy in Pułtusk, a branch of the Vistula University. The work at the former ghetto site, in the Miła-Dubois-Niska-Karmelicka Streets block in Muranów, will continue until the end of July. Irene Kronhill-Pletka runs a foundation dedicated to the memory of her parents, […]
An island in a sea of terror. The kibbutz in Czerniaków.
During the occupation, a kibbutz operated on Wojciech Zatwarnicki's farm in Warsaw's Czerniaków district—with the Germans' knowledge and under the benevolent tutelage of an elderly Volksdeutschman. Dozens of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto, including Symcha Rotem and her parents, found work and shelter there. The memory of this place has survived in many accounts, and its heart, a now inconspicuous manor house, remains to this day. It was November 1942. Three months had passed since the so-called Grossaktion in the Warsaw Ghetto. The 22-year-old […]
Secrets of the New Town | «Тайны Нового города» – a prologue to беженцев
The Warsaw Ghetto Museum invites Ukrainian refugees on a free tour of Warsaw – this time, exploring the secrets of the New Town. [RUSSIAN BELOW] This time, we'll stroll through the New Town, which is located adjacent to the Old Town. Despite its name, this district of Warsaw dates back to the 15th century and is just as rich in interesting monuments as its neighbors. During the walk, we'll discover border monuments in and around this district […]