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Warsaw Ghetto Memorial (Warsaw, Poland)
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When the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial was erected in 1948, it stood amid the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto. One of the key intentions was to convey the message that Jews had not gone to their deaths in the…

Contributor:

Nathan Rapoport

Places:

Warsaw, Republic of Poland (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1948

Subjects:

Memorial, Jewish quarters, Activism, Holocaust, Cities

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Sculpture
Photograph of tall, rectangular monument in front of apartment buildings, depicting seven figures gathered around central figure and smaller sculpture of a seven-branched menorah flanked by lions in front of monument in left foreground.
Oyneg Shabes Archive
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Everyone appreciated the importance of the work that was being done. They understood how important it was for future generations that a record remain of the tragedy of Polish Jewry. Some realized that…

Contributor:

Emanuel Ringelblum

Places:

Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1943

Subjects:

Holocaust, Jewish quarters, Antisemitism, Activism, Writing

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Reportage