Musée de l’histoire juive Polin

Musée de l’histoire juive Polin is a museum in Śródmieście, Warsaw, Mazowieckie. Musée de l’histoire juive Polin is situated nearby to Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews, as well as near Monument to the Ghetto Heroes.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews and Monument to the Ghetto Heroes.

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.

Monument to the Ghetto Heroes

Monument

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The Monument to the Ghetto Heroes is a monument in Warsaw, Poland, commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 during the Second World War. It is located in the area which was formerly a part of the Warsaw Ghetto, at the spot where the first armed clash of the uprising took place.

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 360 metres southwest of Musée de l’histoire juive Polin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muranów and Muranów Południowy.

Muranów

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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.