It is interesting, but also sad and emotional to look for the different memorials and remnants of the wall. I learned that if you can read the words straight on, you are outside the ghetto and if they appear upside down, you are inside the ghetto. There is also a line on the sidewalk or street reading “mur getta”. The memorials show the outline of the former ghetto which in 1940 had a total length of about 18km. I believe there are over 20 memorials throughout the former ghetto area.
These fragments along with memorials can be found throughout my neighborhood. Fragments of the ghetto walls (mur getta) are fragments of the walls between properties or the walls of pre-war buildings marking the border between the Warsaw Ghetto and the “Aryan” part of the city. I currently live in the WOLA district of Warsaw, much of which was part of the Warsaw Ghetto.
The total death toll among the prisoners of the Ghetto is estimated to be at least 300,000 killed by bullet or gas, combined with 92,000 victims of starvation and related diseases, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and the casualties of the final destruction of the Ghetto.
The ghetto was demolished by the Germans in May 1943 after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprisings which had temporarily halted the deportations. In the summer of 1942, at least 254,000 Ghetto residents were sent to the Treblinka extermination camp during Großaktion Warschau under the guise of “resettlement in the East” over the course of the summer. From the Warsaw Ghetto, Jews were deported to Nazi concentration camps and mass-killing centers. At its height as many as 460,000 Jews were imprisoned there, in an area of 3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi), with an average of 9.2 persons per room, barely subsisting on meager food rations. It was established by the German authorities in November 1940. Mur Getta – “Jewish Residential District in Warsaw” – was the largest of all the Nazi-controlled Jewish ghettos during World War II. Offering to share their picnic with me and doing their best to make me feel welcome in their country despite me not speaking the language. The people and families on the excursion were so kind. I think I was the only solo non-Polish speaker on the trip. You can spend several hours in the forest and the museum organizes a scavenger hunt for the kids and they can also wade in the creek. Here you can enjoy a picnic and grill your own sausages over a campfire or purchase sausages from the campgrounds. The 1.5-hour train ride takes you from the museum to the Kampinos Forest. The unique thing about this museum is they offer a retro train on Thursdays- Sunday during the months of June through October. The entrance fee is 12 PLN or 35 PLN for a family with 2 adults and up to 3 children. This museum also has both indoor and outdoor displays. If you have any interest in trains or the railroad, it is well worth a couple of hours of your time.Īs a side note to the Stacja Muzeum in Warsaw, about 70 km (40 minutes by train from Warsaw Central Station) is the Narrow-Gauge Railway Museum in Sochaczew. If you happen to stop in on a Monday (which by chance, I did) the normal entrance fee of 12 PLN ($3.25) is waived. Inside the museum are several rooms filled with memorabilia, miniature train setups, a display of old uniforms, and even a library that houses books on the Polish Railways. It is located in the former Warsaw Glowna PKP Station. The collection includes historic rolling stock displayed on the tracks outside the museum, including one of the few remaining armored railway trains in Europe.
My flat is next to the Warsaw Spire (currently the 2nd tallest building in Warsaw) and I discovered the Stacja Muzeum was a mere 10 to 15-minute walk from my flat. When he also happens to be Polish, The Railway Museum in Warsaw, also known as Stacja Muzeum is a must. Stacja Muzeum – When you have a friend who worked for the railroad and loves trains so much that he has a miniature set up in his basement, you seek out interesting things about trains.
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