Aleja Jana Pawla II

This broad north-south road cuts straight through the middle of the former ghetto area. Many sections of it did not exist before the war. Now named after Pope John Paul II, it is the only road in Warsaw to be named after a living individual. The surrounding buildings give a good idea of the modern blocks that replaced the lost tenements. It is virtually impossible to imagine what the district looked like before 1943-1944.

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

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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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