A few photos from Warsaw

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Welcome to Warsaw! This is the Old Town of Warsaw, which means this was the original part of the city. Everything else has expanded around it. Most of Warsaw (84%) was destroyed during WWII so it was rebuilt by using old photos in order to replicate the buildings as they once stood. The red brick building on the right is the Royal Castle.

Wilanow Palace- where the Polish kings lived

Memorial to the Warsaw Uprising-

Jews of the Warsaw ghetto decided to rise up against their Nazi captors so they would die as humans rather than submit to their deaths. This memorials commemorates those who fought in the Warsaw Uprising-both Jews and Poles- and those who lost their life in the ghetto.

Approximately 500,000 Jews and prisoners went into the Warsaw ghetto. Most died either in the camps, in the Uprising, or were sent to concentration camps.