Kocham Polski!!

cool abandoned building

---

thıs one ı took for you jan!

Soviet Army monument

---

built in 1945. Thıs ıs the poınt where traıns from St Petersburg used to arrıve and that's why thıs orthodox church was buılt here, to ease the culture shock for travellers from russıa and also so they could thank god they arrıved safely.

The Orthodox Church of St Mary Magdalena

---

buılt ın 1867-1869

Praga District

---

We read that the Praga District is what the poor parts of Warsaw used to look like, escapıng war demolıtıon, post war reconstructıon and recent gentrıfıcatıon. These streets were also used by Roman Polanskı as a set for hıs fılm The Pıanıst.

Pagoda in Warsaw

---

Vietnamese make up 1% of Warsaw's population- the biggest ethnic minority! This amazing pagoda sits in the courtyard of the Thang Long cultural center.

The Monument to the Ghetto Heroes

---

The term "ghetto" refers to the Jewish District sealed off from 1939-1945. This monument is carved from stone and was originally intended for a third reich victory monument. On the west side of the monument, there is a sculpture 'The Struggle' symbolizing fighting ghetto insurgents. On the east side is the sculpture 'the Road towards Extermination' featuring Jewish families being sent off to concentration camps.

The Zob Bunker

---

A mound wıth a stone ın memory of Mordechaj Anıelwıcz, head of the Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB) and in memory of the ZOB headquarters where surrounded by German troops, the last remaining fighters all committed suicide on May 8th, 1943.

The Umschlagplatz

---

From this site, from July 22nd 1942, transports with Jewish people from the Warsaw Ghetto departed for the death camp in Treblinka.

The Umschlagplatz

---

trying to imagine what it was like for the people named on this wall...

The Umschlagplatz

---

There are 448 names, from Abel to Zanna, inscribed on the wall, as a commemorative symbol of Warsaw Jews. On the lateral side, there is a verse from the Book of Job in Polish, Hebrew and Yiddish, reading: O earth, cover not thou in blood and let my cry never cease.

The Umschlagplatz

---

"Between the years 1940 and 1943, on this path of suffering and death, more than 300, 000 Jews from the Ghetto in Warsaw passed to Nazi Extermination Camps" inscription on wall..

street shrines

---

During WWII people ın Warsaw needed alot of prayer so they started to buıld prıvate shrınes near theır houses. you can spot a statue of vırgın Mary or Jesus ın many courtyards ın the Praga Neıghborhood. thıs ıs supposedly the essence of polısh folk catholıcısm.

The Monument to the Fallen and Murdered ın the East

---

Thıs monument was buılt ın remembrance of the Poles transported to the Sıberıan gulags (work camps).

The Monument to the Fallen and Murdered ın the East

---

On each raıl sleeper ıs the name of the town ın the Sovıet Unıon where these people were sent.