I posted a big thread about this painting before on my now-defunct historians.social account 2 months ago ... months later & sporadic efforts—trying to stop short of being a nuisance about it—I still don't know how to see this painting in person or organize a group trip to see it.
having learned more history around it and some of the unpleasantness I gather it's kind of an unwanted art stepchild🥺🎭
https://www.posenlibrary.com/entry/warsaw-ghetto-uprising
@therightarticle Looking at the map here, the Ghetto was a huge chunk of central Warsaw. According to Wikipedia, the boundaries of the Ghetto are now marked by modern memorial markers, and (just?) four buildings from the Ghetto period remain -- much of the Ghetto was levelled just as #Gaza is now being destroyed.`
Could someone from #Warsaw comment, how is the Ghetto remembered now? Is there still a Jewish community in the area?
Today at sundown, Yom HaShoah, Israeli Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day, begins. This commemoration is a time to remember the six million Jews who were systematically murdered, honor the survivors and recognize both the resilience and courage during Holocaust.
#YomHaShoah #HolocaustRemembrance #JewishHistory #NeverForget #HolocaustEducation #WarsawGhettoUprising #NeverAgainIsNow
Today at sundown, Yom HaShoah, Israeli Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day, begins. This commemoration is a time to remember the six million Jews who were systematically murdered, honor the survivors and recognize both the resilience and courage during Holocaust.
#YomHaShoah #HolocaustRemembrance #JewishHistory #NeverForget #HolocaustEducation #WarsawGhettoUprising #NeverAgainIsNow
Bring tears to my eyes, for so many reasons.
May he live to 120 and beyond.
#Holocaust #Shoah #survivor #testimony #WWII #WarsawGhettoUprising
#Jews #Jewish
April 19, 1943 - On the eve of Passover, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began when Nazi forces attempted to clear out the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, to send them to concentration camps. The Germans were met by unexpected gunfire from Jewish resistance fighters. The destruction of the ghetto had been ordered in February by SS Chief Heinrich Himmler:
“An overall plan for the razing of the ghetto is to be submitted to me. In any case we must achieve the disappearance from sight of the living-space for 500,000 sub-humans (Untermenschen) that has existed up to now, but could never be suitable for Germans, and reduce the size of this city of millions—Warsaw—which has always been a center of corruption and revolt.”
from the website:
"April 19 marks the anniversary of the #WarsawGhettoUprising—the largest and most heroic act of #Jewish armed resistance during World War II, and the first civilian uprising in occupied #Europe. For the past 13 years, POLIN Museum has organized the #Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Campaign, a global initiative that has engaged thousands of participants—both Jewish and non-Jewish—from #Poland and beyond.
We encourage communities around the world to learn about the events that took place on April 19th, 1943, and to share online what the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising means to you. You will find various materials and resources to help spread the campaign, as well as educational items that can be used for schools."
[Note: this campaign has many sponsors, and a major one is the World Jewish Congress, which wholeheartedly supports Israel. :-( - PL]
#RememberingTogether #WarsawGhettoUprisingCampaign
#JewishResistance
#BadassJews
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD
🍃Carkner🥺
Simon Brooke
Gruppe Z - Stolberg
VVN-BdA Aachen 🔻
Scott 🇮🇱🇺🇦 WILL NOT COMPLY
John Autry
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧
NEVER AGAIN/NIGDY WIĘCEJ