Poland During the War
Allie Bailey & Hannah Yattoni
Thesis:
The Beginning: Jewish Life in Poland Before WWII (HY)
Warsaw Before the War
The city of Warsaw had a population of around 1.3 million and is the capital of Poland. (46) The city is positioned on either side of the Vistula River. (47) Warsaw was a major center for Jewish life and culture. (48) Warsaw's prewar Jewish population numbered more than 350,000 people. (49) Thirty percent of the city's population were Jews. (50) The Jewish community in Warsaw was the largest in Europe, second only in the world to New York City. (51)
Polish Jews
Group of Polish Jews on the North Shore before the war. (40)
First Grade Students
Warsaw's Jewish District
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Monday, Apr 19, 1943, 07:00 AM
Ul. Zlota 60, Warsaw, Poland
Treblinka Extermination Camp (AB)
After the War: Lifelong Struggle for the Survivors (HY)
What Do You Do? Where Do You Go? How Do You Move On? (HY)
A lot of people cannot explain exactly how they survived. They tell you what happened to them and they say 'I don't know how I made it' or 'I thought for sure I was going to die' but they didn't and they are still here today to tell their story.
What happened to these people cannot be forgotten. The Jews, as well as the other people who were persecuted, should never have been treated the way that they were. They did nothing wrong and yet such horrible things were done to them. Even though the survivors made it out of the Holocaust physically alive, a part of them will always remember the time in their lives when they faced the unspeakable circumstances of the Holocaust.