The Legendary Chieftain of the Underworld. The Tale of Pina Finkel, Codename "Pika"
It was rumored that he was the one who raised the Polish and Jewish flags over the fighting ghetto. Others saw him dressed in an SS uniform, luring Germans into traps. Little information about the leader of the combat smuggling group – Pina Finkel, codename "Pika" – can be considered certain. However, he was undoubtedly an extraordinary figure. Just before the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, various armed groups were becoming increasingly bold. Besides the Jewish Combat Organization and the Jewish Military Union […]
Unveiling of the mural at Miła 5 in Warsaw!
The mural commemorates members of the Jewish Combat Organization, including Mordechai Anielewicz, commander of the Jewish Combat Organization (ŻOB), Mira Fuchrer, Izrael Chaim Wilner, Rachele Zylberberg, Lutek Rotblat, and Tosia Altman. They all hid during the ghetto uprising in a bunker at Miła Street 18. Including civilians, nearly 300 people were housed there. On May 8, 1943, the Germans surrounded the bunker. The civilians left their hiding place, but the fighters put up a fight. […]
A walk along the trail of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Registration for the walk is open! The Warsaw Ghetto Museum invites you to a walk along the trail of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of April 1943. In the modern-day Muranów district, we will visit the sites where the most important events of the uprising took place. We will learn the stories of those who took up arms and those who resisted the German occupiers by hiding in improvised shelters within the ghetto. Based on period accounts and photographs, we will attempt to reconstruct the most important stages of the uprising, […]
Visiting the archaeological site and the "Miła" exhibition
Starting April 26th, we will reopen the archaeological site at the intersection of Miła and Dubois Streets (near the Anielewicz Mound). This is the only place in contemporary Warsaw that allows you to truly get up close to the vanished city and see that large parts of it still exist beneath the feet of its inhabitants. Our site will be open every weekend from 12:00 PM to 15:00 PM until June 22nd. In addition to the archaeological site, […]