Photo gallery | Open-air concert "Songs of the Ghetto"
On September 3rd, an outdoor concert, "Songs of the Ghetto," took place in the courtyard of the former Bersohn and Bauman Children's Hospital. Organized by the Warsaw Ghetto Museum and the Jewish Theatre, the concert, directed by Gołda Tencer, featured artists from the Jewish Theatre: Monika Chrząstowska, Ewa Dąbrowska, Adrianna Dorociak, Sylwia Najah, Izabella Rzeszowska, Alina Świdowska, Gołda Tencer, Genady Iskhakov, Henryk Rajfer, and Dominik Rybićłek. The musical arrangement was created by pianist and composer […]
Photo report | "Aktion Reinhardt" at the Iluzjon cinema
On September 3rd, Warsaw's Iluzjon cinema hosted a screening of the documentary "Aktion Reinhardt," which chronicles the extermination of Jews in the General Government and the Białystok district. The film was produced by the Warsaw Ghetto Museum. The screening took place to a full house and concluded with a meeting with director Michał Szymanowicz, led by Dr. Jacek Konik from the MGW's Research and Development Department. Viewers questioned the director about the making of the film, the selection of witness statements, and the emotions that […]
Life at the price of fur
"The Jews in the Jewish district of Warsaw fulfilled their obligation to donate furs, with good results," wrote Ludwig Fischer, governor of the Warsaw district, in his "Report" for January 1942. With these laconic words, he summarized the events that affected the Jewish population in the General Government from December 25, 1941, to January 4, 1942, including those concentrated in the "closed district" in Warsaw. Fischer's formalism implied that the recipient of the information was to treat the "obligation" as an expression of […]