Occupying the former Bersohn and Bauman Children’s Hospital, completed in 1878, this museum devoted to the tragic history of the Warsaw Ghetto is currently under construction and set to open in 2023.
Warsaw Ghetto Museum
Warsaw
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A section of the original brick wall of the Jewish ghetto has been preserved in this courtyard, where you'll also find a commemorative plaque.
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At this spot stood one of the major gates to the small ghetto. Fragments of the original brick wall have been preserved.
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