Anielewicz Bunker

The Anielewicz Bunker, also known as the Anielewicz Mound was the headquarters and hidden shelter of the Jewish Combat Organization, a Jewish resistance group in the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland during the Nazi German occupation of World War II.

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Type: Memorial
Description: Underground bunker of the Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto during WW2
Also known as: “Kopiec Mordechaja Anielewicza”, “Mila 18”, and “Miła 18”

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. Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews is situated 240 metres south of Anielewicz Bunker.

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. Monument to the Ghetto Heroes is situated 230 metres southeast of Anielewicz Bunker.

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 570 metres south of Anielewicz Bunker.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muranów and Muranów Południowy.

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.