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Goats and Pigeons
... ran over it, and just like a chicken, the headless pigeon was running around. Rather funny. To me, that was the highlight of Warsaw. Basically destroyed during WW2, so there wasn't too much to see, just the remains of the ghetto area. We did however eat ...
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Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it
... of the ghetto wall has been preserved, but not much else. Today, approximately 1,000 Jews live in Warsaw, but none within the confines of the former ghetto area, for obvious reasons: the entire ghetto was in effect a mass graveyard. Walking around the ...
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heading east
... are also dotting the skyline. It makes for an interesting contrast with the modern vs. old ways of life in Poland. Warsaw was totally destroyed following the uprising of '44 and again when the Nazis where retreating at the end of the ...
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Warszaw and a Broken Computer
... the noise and mess. But that's living in a former communist country for you... you take what you get and cherish it. We went to Warsaw last weekend with the class. It is the second last trip we are taking as a group. I will be sad to leave the ...
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Ahhhh Chopin
... Then drove past the 'Crosses' memorial to all the civilians killed during the uprising in WWII. We also stopped off at the site of the Warsaw Ghetto. There is no ghetto left but there is a memorial to those who led and died in the Ghetto uprising and on ...
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Wild Nights and Wicked Days in Warsaw
... doing a little bit more research we went back alone the next day to check out the remaining buildings that had been in the Warsaw ghetto during the war (and part of the famous uprising) to take pictures on the way out of the city. We eventually ended ...
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The Old Gentleman on the Bus
I wish that I had a picture of the man who sat in front of me on the bus in Warsaw. I had only been in Poland for about an hour when I saw him. I was on my way from the airport to my hostel in central Warsaw, and just enjoying looking out the window from ...
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The Heart of Poland
Our final capital was Warsaw, Poland. The weather was pretty dreary here and I wish we would have seen sunshine as I think the city would have seemed more beautiful. It is a thriving city with lots of traffic and wonderful ...
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Greetings from Warsaw...
... 5:45 AM on the night train...we had our own cruchette and acutally were able to sleep...even on the rickety polish train! Warsaw was a little daunting at first...but after finding a nice room in someone's private residence we were all set. We spent the ...
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Freezing Weekend in Warsaw!
... monuments all over the city with different aspects of the modern culture mixed in. Buildings and parks now sit where the infamous Warsaw ghetto once stood. There is a long strip of monument that outlines where the ghetto once stood, but none of it ...
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- The Royal Way
- Umschlagplatz
- Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto (Pomnik Bohaterow Getta)
- Jewish Cemetery (Cmentarz Zydowski)
- Nowy Swiat
- Jewish Ghetto Memorial
- Femina Cinema
- Monument to the Warsaw Uprising Fighters
- Krasinski Palace
- Jewish Historical Institute (Zydowski Instytut Historyczny)
- Independence Museum
- Barbikan (Barbakan)
- Evangelical Augsburg Lutheran Church
- Marie Curie Museum (Muzeum Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie)
- New Town Square (Rynek Nowego Miasta)
- Church of the Nuns of the Holy Sacrament
- St. Mary's Church (Kosciol Najswietszej Marii Panny)
- State Ethnographical Museum
- Senatorska Street
- City Museum (Muzeum Historyczne Miasta Warszawy)