82nd anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Last Saturday, Dr. Halina Postek from the Education Department laid flowers at the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Muranów on behalf of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum. The ceremony was attended by, among others, representatives of the Jewish community, war veterans, Righteous Among the Nations, representatives of state and local government authorities, diplomats, representatives of Polish cultural institutions, and residents of the capital. The ceremony was organized by the Jewish Social and Cultural Association in Poland. According to the Stroop Report, nearly 7 […]
Arming the insurgents in the ghetto
From the spring of 1942, as news of further crimes against Jews reached the Warsaw Ghetto, the idea of forming an armed organization to fight the Germans began to form among young underground activists. The beginning of the deportation of Jews from Warsaw to the Treblinka extermination camp in July 1942 was the impetus that led to the creation of the Jewish Combat Organization. Initially, it had almost no weapons, so its activities were limited, on the one hand, to informing Jews that the deportation […]