There's no trace of Warsaw's largest synagogue in Bankowy Square. It was a symbol of Reform Judaism in the capital and one of the most magnificent Polish buildings erected in the 19th century, " says Hanna Dzielińska (Hanka Warszawianka), journalist and tour guide, about the Great Synagogue on Tłomackie Street . The eighth episode of "Walks in the Footsteps of the Ghetto" also tells the story of the Main Judaic Library building adjacent to the former synagogue, the Oneg Shabbat group that operated there, and the largest project of its participants – the Ringelblum Archive.
"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.
