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In the Autumn of 1940, precisely a year after their invasion of Poland, the Nazis created a ghetto for the Jews of Warsaw and its environs. The area chosen, Muranow, was in the north west of the city, and up until that time it had housed 240,000 Jews and 80,000 Christians. On October 10th the Christians were given an order of eviction, and a month later the ghetto was sealed off by a wall. By March 1941, as many as 445,000 Jews were living in the ghetto, and conditions deteriorated rapidly.
In the Summer of 1942 265,000 Jews were sent to Treblinka from the infamous Umschlagplatz. The vast majority were to die in the gas chambers. These sudden evictions, coupled with the news of Nazi crimes which were filtering in through the underground, laid the foundations for the Ghetto Uprising, which began in earnest in April 1943. The conflict saw appalling scenes of devastation and the further slaughter of some 55, 000 Jews. After the area had been liquidated in May 1943, the entire ghetto was razed to the ground.
Today there are few echoes of Muranow as it was in the 1930's. The wasteland of the ghetto was rebuilt in standard Soviet blocks - it is a stark area. Nevertheless, amidst this cold landscape there are a number of landmarks of great importance. A small stretch of the ghetto wall can be found on Sienna street, a chilling reminder of the occupation. Astonishingly, the Nozyk Synagogue, which stood nearby on the south eastern fringe of the ghetto, came through war. It was used by the Nazis as a warehouse, and it is the only synagogue in Warsaw to have survived the war intact.
Several memorials can also be found in the area. A path of remembrance leads off Zamenhofa street to the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes. For historical insight, the the Institute of Jewish History remains the focal point of the area. As well as chronicling the experience of the Warsaw ghetto, it also sheds light on the full expanse of the Jewish tragedy. | | | |
 | | "It gave me about 2 facts of what I was looking for, but that's okay I need as much as I can get! Thanks!" | Krista =]
United States
Mar.29.2008
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| | "Its a shame that so many should be so rude when someone spends so much time to bring you info on a time that was so hurting to so many good people who had to die ! " | DrNightShade
United States
Feb.28.2008
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| | "thanks for the info, ill be very useful on my reasarch project, i give u guys crdit!!" | mr. mexican
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Feb.22.2008
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| | "they went through alot. i feel so bad for them.i hope we dont go throught that what they have been therough!!!!" | niqua01
United States
Feb.20.2008
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| | "yay that was really good. THANKS!" | jackie
United States
Feb.08.2008
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| | "Hey people with all those "Oh, not enought facts" comments. I bet you couldn't make a better web page than this. Maybe if you actually look at the more into the this site, you could find lots of facts. Otherwise... go to some Opinion Enyclopedia and search it there. Superb job on this page Warsaw Members!!!" | aaron
United States
Jan.22.2008
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| | "The Story is interesting but sad!!!" | Alaw Pugh
United Kingdom
Jan.16.2008
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| | "do u think this could happen in the world again ???
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Canada
Jan.10.2008
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| | "it wasn't what i was looking for but i got something out of it. " | Hope
United States
Dec.16.2007
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| | "It was great info for my project.. But it could've been a little more descriptive about the overall ghetto!!" | Mia
United States
Dec.16.2007
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| | "thanks for the info it was great for ma history test!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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United Kingdom
Nov.22.2007
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| | "Great, thanks! Just what I needed for my project! Information about this seems to be hard to find elsewhere.
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Norway
Nov.20.2007
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| | "Thanks...But this really didn't help me at all! There was not enough information about the OVERALL ghetto!" | Kayla
United States
Nov.10.2007
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| | "helped a lot with my project yeaa for me :D" | molly
United States
Oct.27.2007
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| | "good info for projects" | Random Guy 101
United States
Oct.02.2007
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| | "It was good but not enough info for my project..." | skljfklsjfkl;jsd
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Sep.04.2007
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Jun.26.2007
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| | "Good info, helped a lot with my history project thanks... (Go Red Sox!) " | Siwel Dnab
United States
Jun.04.2007
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| | "It was interesting to learn a little more background on the gas chambers and the Jewish ghettos...this information will help alot on my project..." | Tatty
United States
May.23.2007
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| | "this was okay; could've had more information on the highlights of going there today--what you'd see and stuff. thanks anyways it did help a tad :)" |
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May.07.2007
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May.07.2007
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| | "thank you for the good information." | jhj
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May.02.2007
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| | "the information of of the Jewish Ghettos was very helpful thanks to everyone who put htis info " | Cindy Vallejo
United States
Apr.24.2007
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| | "great information. helped alot" | hi
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Apr.22.2007
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| | "Hi, can you add a map of the Warsaw ghetto? Thank you so much for the info. Nice site." | Dar
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Apr.16.2007
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| | "This was an interesting thing. It helped some." | okami
United States
Apr.04.2007
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| | "thaks for the infoo it helped me out alott!!!" | beky
United States
Apr.02.2007
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| | "thanks, helped me out with my WW2 research" | treh billings
United States
Mar.22.2007
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| | "Thanks for the info, Loved it. Helped a lot with my history project " | Night
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Feb.21.2007
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