I was in Warsaw four separate times on this trip, arriving by plane and spending the night, returning from Lomza and continuing on, then passing through by train and plane without leaving the station/airport.
Because I was pressed for time on this trip and had no major research plans, I did not take the time to explore the city more. I had only a few hours on two separate days. I made the Jewish historical sites my priority, visiting only a small number of them.
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- Memorial to Willy Brandt
In memory of the actions of the West German Chancellor in 1970.
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- Umschlagplatz
This memorial stands at the location where the Jews were gathered for deportation to Treblinka.
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- Umschlagplatz
Inscribed are 400 of the most popular Jewish Polish given names of the time.
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- Umschlagplatz
It commemorates the deportations of 300,000 Jews.
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- Martyrdom Route
Black stone blocks inscribed with information about the Ghetto Heroes.
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- Martyrdom Route
There were many of these along the street from Umschlagplatz to the Ghetto Heroes Monument. Here were two in a clearing.
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- Mila 18 Memorial
Location of the Warsaw Ghetto resistance command post.
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- Mila 18 Memorial
A mound was built on the site, later followed by a commemorative stone.
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- Mila 18 Memorial
More recently, a new memorial was added with the names of those identified who died there.
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- Mila 18 Memorial
The English side of the memorial.
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- Warsaw Ghetto Heroes Monument
The museum was completely surrounded for construction. I could only steal glimpses of the memorial through the walls.
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- Warsaw Ghetto Heroes Monument
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- Museum of the History of Polish Jews
With a rope hanging in the foreground.
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- Warsaw Ghetto Wall
What is left of one section of the ghetto wall, between two streets in an unassuming location. It looks like a courtyard between apartment buildings, which it is.
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- Warsaw Ghetto Wall
Several plaques and a map of the ghetto borders.
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- Warsaw Ghetto Wall
Some bricks were removed and sent to museums. This brick is at Yad Vashem.
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- Warsaw Ghetto Wall
This brick is in Houston.
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- Warsaw Ghetto Wall
This brick is in Melbourne, Australia.
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- Memorial to Batalion Zoska
Part of the Polish resistance, they rescued 383 prisoners from the Gesiowka camp at this location.
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- Warsaw Jewish Cemetery
It was closed by the time I got there so I couldn't go inside.
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- Monument to the Memory of Jews and Poles
This is down the street by the side of the Jewish Cemetery.
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- Monument to the Memory of Jews and Poles
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- Monument to the Memory of Jews and Poles
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- Palace of Culture and Science
Without seeing a picture, just by the description, I recognized this from the plane.
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- Warsaw Tram
I didn't ride one, but I did take a few trains.
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- A Mural in Warsaw
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- Hopscotch
I saw this walking away from one of the memorials. The rules must be a little different in Poland.
Want to know more about what some of these are? Here are some Wikipedia links that will shed some light and fill in more details:
- Willy Brandt and Warschauer Kniefall
- Umschlagplatz
- Miła 18 Memorial
- Museum of the History of Polish Jews
- Batalion Zośka
- Palace of Culture and Science
The URL of this page is http://idogenealogy.com/blog/2012/08/27/warsaw/.
All photos and content Copyright 2012 by Banai Lynn Feldstein.
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