History column

‘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)

I will do anything to save those who can still be saved and avenge those who have been so bitterly humiliated in the final moments…

Piano music aficionados know him as a brilliant musician performing repertoire ranging from Bach to contemporary composers. On top of that, he used to play…

In May 2021, the Commission for Municipal Naming of the Warsaw City Council (Komisja do spraw Nazewnictwa Miejskiego Rady m.st. Warszawy) decided to give one…

On the night of 18-19 April 1943, on Passover eve, the Warsaw Ghetto was surrounded by German military police and Blue Police. The next morning,…