Remnant of Ghetto Wall – Warsaw, Poland
This is the last original remnant of the Warsaw Ghetto Wall, which enclosed the largest of all Jewish Ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II.
The Warsaw Ghetto was established by the German Governor-General Hans Frank on October 16, 1940. By his orders, all Jews in Warsaw and its suburbs were to be rounded up and herded into the Ghetto. The creation of the ghetto meant that 113,000 Poles had to vacate their homes, and for 138,000 Jews to take their place. At this time, about 30% of the population of Warsaw was compacted to about 2.4% of the size of the city.
The ghetto was fully closed from the outside world on November 16th, 1940, when a wall of up to 3.5m high was built, topped with barbed wire, and guarded by armed soldiers. The brick wall had a length of 11 miles, circling around the Jewish quarter.
The wall was torn down in 1943 when the Ghetto was liquidated.
This last section of the wall is located at ul. Zlota 62.
wow i love history but never heard of this place !! thx for the share !!
Sheril, if you have a chance to visit Warsaw in the future, please do take some time to see the wall remnants and even the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Museum. It is very powerful with images and it tells a lot about the holocaust and the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw and how they fought back the nazis to liberate themselves.