Walling Off Warsaw Ghetto

Walling-off Świętokrzyska Street (seen from "Aryan side" of Marszałkowska)

Warsaw Ghetto (1940-1943) during the German occupation of Poland: Construction of Ghetto wall across Świętokrzyska street near intersection with Marszałkowska street. In the back "Magazyn Bławatny" store of Jan Tarnowski & Co. at Marszałkowska 133 street. This is not the final location of the wall on Świętokrzyska street, according to book "Getto Warszawskie"[1] in 1941 the wall was a block farther between Zielna and Bagno streets.


presentation Section: Enduring Occupation And The War
Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum