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The Umschlagplatz Memorial  
   

The Umschlagplatz Memorial

This marble monument, designed by architect Hanna Szmalenberg and sculptor Wladyslaw Klamerus, was put up in 1988. The blocks resemble the cattle trucks which took the deportees to their deaths. The black and white colour scheme is inspired by Jewish ritual robes, while the black semi-circle over the entrance, depicting a fallen forest, refers to the symbols on Jewish gravestones.
Touring the Warsaw Ghetto Area

January 18th 2008
The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of the Jewish ghettos established by Nazi Germany in Warsaw during the German Occupation in World War II. Between 1941 and 1943, starvation, disease and deportations to concentration camps and extermination camps dropped the population of the ghetto from an estimated 450,000 to approximately 70,000. In 1943 the Warsaw Ghetto was the scene of the Warsaw Ghetto Upri ... read more
Europe » Poland » Masovia » Warsaw

Polish Flag Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived near the middle of the 10th century. Its golden age occurred in the 16th century. During the following century, the strengthening of the gentry and internal disorders weakened the nation. In a series of ... ... read more
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