Jewish heritage in Warsaw
Overview
Jewish history in Poland comes alive through sites like the Nozyk Synagogue and the Umschlagplatz memorial. Visitors will encounter a rich narrative connected to centuries of Jewish presence in the region.
- 🕍 Visit the still-functioning Jewish cemetery and the Nozyk Synagogue, which survived WWII.
- 🏛️ See the remaining part of the ghetto wall and the installation of the bridge connecting small and big ghetto.
- 📜 Explore the Rappaport monument dedicated to heroes of the ghetto and Polin, the Museum of the History of Polish Jews.
- 🏫 Tour the Jewish Historical Institute located in the original building of the former Judaistic Library.
- 🌉 In Prague, view pre-war mykveh, a former nursery and shelter for Jewish children, as well as a Jewish students' dormitory.
- 🎬 Stroll along unchanged streets where "The Pianist," a film by Polanski, was made.
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Warsaw GhettoFormer Warsaw ghetto was totally destroyed after the collapse of Uprising in ghetto, but now it is marked with Rappaport monument deduated to Heroes of ghetto, Mila 18, Umschlagplatz and Shmul Zygelbojm memorial.
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Jewish Cemetery (Cmentarz Zydowski)Looking at the preserved matzevots you can learn a lot about the history of Jews in Warsaw and their input to Polish literature, science and art. Closed on Saturdays. Mass graves from WWII and symbolic stones dedicated to those who perished in extermination camp in Treblinka.
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UmschlagplatzIt is located in the site of former railway station from which 300 thousands Jews from Warsaw ghetto were deported to death camp in Treblinka in summer 1942. On walls of it 300 first names in alphabetical order of thoses who started their last journey make symbolic inscription.
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Nozyk SynagogueIt is the only synagogue in Warsaw which survived WWII. It was built at the beginning of 20th c., still functioning. On Saturdays (Sabbath) opened only for prayers, then no admission fee charged.
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Praga PolnocSince Praga site was not so much destroyed as Warsaw downtown, there are preserved some Jewish edifices like students' dormitory where Menachem Begin lived as a student, and shelter for poor people and orphans, now puppet theater. Former mykveh also survived even though as a high school now.
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Zydowski Instytut HistorycznyFormer Judaistic Library, which survived WWII. Because of the vicinity of the Great Synagogue and its being blown up, the traces of the fire can be seen on the floor. The map of prewar Poland with former shtetles. Exhibition of Ghetto archives, which miraculously survived are on desplay.