Umschlagplatz

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.

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Type: Memorial
Description: railway in the ghetto of Warsaw for deportation of Jews
Also known as: “Umschlagplatz in Warsaw ghetto”

Places of Interest Nearby

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

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 420 metres southeast of Umschlagplatz.

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 660 metres south of Umschlagplatz.

Anielewicz Bunker

Memorial

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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. Anielewicz Bunker is situated 240 metres east of Umschlagplatz.

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.