"Striped" on the streets of Warsaw
The Fate of Jews Freed from Gęsiówka On August 1, 1944, at the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising, there were likely several thousand Jews still in Warsaw. Most of them hid under false identities or in prepared hiding places. Jewish prisoners of the Warsaw concentration camp and the notorious Pawiak prison found themselves in a different situation. Accounts by participants and witnesses of the Warsaw Uprising frequently feature encounters with those dressed in striped […]