What does it mean to us that we live in the place of their death ? Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz wrote in his novel "Umschlagplatz." This question is posed by Hanna Dzielińska (Hanka Warszawianka), a journalist and tour guide who leads "Walks in the Footsteps of the Ghetto" in Warsaw. The first episode tells the story of the Umschlagplatz —the place from which nearly 300 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto were transported to the Treblinka extermination camp.
"Varsavianist Walks in the Footsteps of the Ghetto" is a film series of 16 columns revealing the history of places and the people connected with them. The following sites will be presented: Umschlagplatz; Anielewicz Mound; Szmul Zygielbojm Monument; Ghetto Heroes Monument; Grzybowski Square; Mariańska Street and the Nursing School; the Nożyk Synagogue; the Great Synagogue on Tłomackie Street; Nalewki Street; the Femina Cinema and Theatre; the Courts on Leszno Street; Chłodna Street; Waliców Street; the Jewish Cemetery and the Bersohn and Bauman Hospital – the site of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum's permanent exhibition.
The series is presented as part of the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the closing of the Warsaw Ghetto borders, organized by the Warsaw Ghetto Museum in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Social and Cultural Association of Jews in Poland (TSKŻ). The main commemorations took place on November 16, 2020.
