How my family survived the Warsaw Ghetto
The Warsaw Ghetto was a death warrant. Among those who were forcibly collected and sealed to die within its walls was my ...
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Last Days: Warsaw’s Shining Cultural Moment on the Eve of WWII
In October 1938, a new exhibition opened at the National Museum in Warsaw, which would run until mid-1939. Titled ‘Warszawa Wczoraj, Dziś, Jutro’ (Warsaw Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow), it testified to a ...
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Theatre Out of the Ruins: The Premieres of Post-War Warsaw
In 1939, the diverse, multicultural creative life of Warsaw was brutally interrupted by World War II. The barbarity of the occupation, however, was met with active resistance by many theatre artists, ...
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The surprising ways 3 women secretly fought the Nazis in Poland
In August 1939, when she was living in Warsaw and running educational programs and securing visas for the Freedom movement, she attended a meeting in Switzerland of Zionist delegates from around ...
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Resurrecting History: Warsaw
In many ways, it has defined my life. During the Second World War, Warsaw was virtually wiped off the map. It was damaged during the Nazi invasion of 1939, but far worse was to come five years ...
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The Ujazdowski Hospital in Warsaw under Nazi German occupation, 1939–1944
The Medical Review Auschwitz: Medicine Behind the Barbed Wire conference is an international academic forum whose purpose is to share information, scholarship and views on matters related to learning ...
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Poland marks 85 years since WWII outbreak
Polish leaders attended ceremonies on opposite sides of the country, marking Nazi Germany's invasion in 1939. President ...