P&O Apartments Niska

P&O Apartments Niska is a hotel in Śródmieście, Warsaw, Mazowieckie. P&O Apartments Niska is situated nearby to the memorial Umschlagplatz, as well as near Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews and Umschlagplatz.

Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews

Museum

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POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews is a museum dedicated to preserving and recalling the memory of the history of Jews in Poland. The museum is located on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto. Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews is situated 430 metres southeast of P&O Apartments Niska.

Umschlagplatz

Memorial

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Umschlagplatz was the term used during The Holocaust to denote the holding areas adjacent to railway stations in occupied Poland where Jews from ghettos were assembled for deportation to Nazi death camps. Umschlagplatz is situated 180 metres northeast of P&O Apartments Niska.

Pawiak

Museum

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Pawiak was a prison built in 1835 in Warsaw, Congress Poland. During the January 1863 Uprising, it served as a transfer camp for Poles sentenced by Imperial Russia to deportation to Siberia. Pawiak is situated 560 metres southeast of P&O Apartments Niska.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muranów and Nowolipki.

Muranów

Quarter

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Muranów is a neighbourhood in the districts of Śródmieście and Wola in central Warsaw, the capital of Poland. It was founded in the 17th century. The name is derived from the palace belonging to Simone Giuseppe Belotti, a Venetian architect, who originally came to Warsaw from the island of Murano.