History column

The younger – and only – sister of Julian Tuwim, one of Polish best-known poets. She gained universal acclaim as an excellent translator of ‘Winnie…

Perhaps, had it not been for the January Uprising, the April Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto would not have taken place. Read more about the…

In January 1943, in connection with the plans of the Germans to deport a group of Jews considered no longer fit for work to the…

One of the managers of the war-time Shultz factory, located in the ghetto area at Nowolipie 44-46, was the former owner Avraham Hendel (1894-1973). He…

‘Even while the war was still in progress, the story of the Warsaw ghetto uprising became a legend that was passed on, with awe and…

Yitzhak Suknik soon became an invaluable member of the Jewish Fighting Organisation, the ZOB.

This is the story of Yitzhak Suknik who fought and died in the Warsaw Ghetto, the largest of more than six hundred ghettos set up…

“In our shop, worries of another type. We have no Esrog and Lulav and will not be able to fulfil the commandment and blessing. We…

With the Jewish High Holidays approaching, it is perhaps appropriate to reflect on the challenges and responses of Jews who were confined to the Warsaw…

24 August 1940 Adam Czerniaków, chairman of the Warsaw Judenrat, visited a halutz (pioneer) farm operating in Grochów. The boys and girls working on the…

“I am helpless, my heart is breaking with grief and pity, I cannot bear it any longer” (Adam Czerniaków, Journal)