Warsaw's Jewish Ghetto was the site of one of the most infamous atrocities in the Second World War when, in 1941, its inhabitants rose up in futile revolt against the German occupiers. Some 100,000 people were killed on the spot, double that shipped off to Treblinka and other death camps, and the Ghetto levelled to the extent that few buildings were left standing.
Little remains of the Ghetto today, apart from a few walls and a marker of two in the pavement, as the picture show.
AS
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I am enjoying reading your posts (as always). The Eastern European pictures certainly give a strong impression of the horrors which went on there in WW2. It must have been hard to keep tears from the eyes. Jean and I visited Ravensbrook Womans' Concentration Camp in Germany and it was very sad. On a brighter note, Tim and Laura have now given birth to their second child (our second grand-child)on Thursday 17th September named Martha Rose Snow; a healthy 8 pound baby. Our daughter Helen is to due to deliver her first now (today being her due date but no sign yet). Exciting times! Richard Snow, Poole, Dorset, UK.
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