How did the rationing system work in the Warsaw Ghetto?
Dr. Michał Grochowski from the Museum's Research Department specializes in the economic history of the Warsaw Ghetto, as well as research on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The rationing system in Warsaw was introduced in the autumn of 1939, immediately after the German army captured Warsaw. Initially, this system provided only small amounts of food, which were sold or distributed to the population at a low price. However, the German authorities quickly began using the rationing as a tool of oppression and discrimination. […]
July at the MGW construction site
The summer holiday season is in full swing, and work on the Warsaw Ghetto Museum construction site is continuing to move forward. The first elements of the façade have appeared on the technical building. The next phase of work in the eastern part of the project is the ceilings of the third floor of the administrative building. A reinforced concrete staircase will soon complete the western projection of the new volumes of the former hospital. […]
81st anniversary of the recapture of the PAST building by the insurgents
August 20th is the day the Warsaw insurgents captured the PAST building at 39 Zielna Street. On the occasion of the 81st anniversary of this event, Director Katarzyna Person, PhD, laid flowers on behalf of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum, which is located in this building. The building complex at 37 and 39 Zielna Street (commonly known as PAST), built by the Swedish Cedergren Telephone Joint-Stock Company between 1904 and 1910, was an impregnable fortress during the first period of the Warsaw Uprising, […]
A Conversation with Aliza Witis-Szomron
Our YouTube channel features an interview with Aliza Witos-Szomron, one of the last surviving activists of the Jewish Combat Organization and a participant in the resistance movement in the Warsaw Ghetto. The interview was conducted by Masza Makarova (MGW) and Maria Ferenc (ŻIH) on April 22, 2025, in Krakow. Aliza currently lives in Israel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=