Umschlagplatz
Umschlagplatz
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German soldiers led Jews captured during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising to this assembly point for deportation.
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Neighborhood: Muranów
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- Muranów • 10 min walk
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Israel35,025 contributions
Jun 2020 • Business
As others have described, this was the deportation point were the doomed Jewish captives were herded and sent to their indescribably brutal deaths at the hands of the evil Nazi oppressors.
The Polish people have made a nice understated monument here- a place to sit and rest and reflect on the historical horror. I, for example, sat and imagined the saga of the moral hero Janusz Korczak- his final chapter happened here.
My recommendation is to come here well read and well prepared and with a guide, if possible- it’s at the end of a walk of other memorials and Mila 18 and I tx starts from the Polin Museum
“I visited this place” three times in three different years, each time with a guide.
The Polish people have made a nice understated monument here- a place to sit and rest and reflect on the historical horror. I, for example, sat and imagined the saga of the moral hero Janusz Korczak- his final chapter happened here.
My recommendation is to come here well read and well prepared and with a guide, if possible- it’s at the end of a walk of other memorials and Mila 18 and I tx starts from the Polin Museum
“I visited this place” three times in three different years, each time with a guide.
Written September 13, 2020
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Constantinescu
Romania52 contributions
Apr 2014 • Solo
Warsaw is a wonderful city, with such a tumultuous history! During the WW 2, many people in Warsaw have been deported, Jewish or not.The tree planted in the back of this monument is the symbol of everlasting hope and life - not only for the Jewish!
Written May 3, 2014
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BDS62
Greenville, TX339 contributions
Aug 2013
This was an important site in Warsaw during WW2. This was the location where the Nazis brought Jewish families for transfer to Auschwitz and Treblinka and they were separated forever. A must see in Warsaw.
Written August 15, 2013
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MJfromNJ
Long Island, NY224 contributions
Aug 2013 • Family
We walked over to Umschlagplatz from Pawiak Prison after visiting the Gestapo Headquarters museum -- sort of a natural progression of events. Umschlagplatz is the point from which many Jews from Warsaw were sent to concentration camps. The memorial here is appropriate and well-maintained and sad -- and seemingly forgotten. We took a Warsaw city tour and our tour bus did not stop here. When we walked over, it was absolutely empty -- no visitors at all, even though we sat there for a while to contemplate our surroundings. This was a spot that was mentioned, for example, by Wladyslaw Szpilman, author of "The Pianist"; Szpilman's family was sent to their deaths in Treblinka from Umschlagplatz and he narrowly escaped their fate as well. Maybe it was just an anomaly that nobody was there when we were. But please stop by and pay your respects, if you can. The victims deserve nothing less.
Written August 11, 2013
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Robyn-and-John
Australia2,316 contributions
Sep 2023 • Couples
This is a monument to mark where 300,000 people were herded along this path to be taken to concentration camps. It's a very sobering thought of how these people must have suffered at the hands of other humans.
Written September 11, 2023
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steve1934
201 contributions
Oct 2019 • Couples
Very sobering to think what these Jewish people must have gone through, still hard to believe this happened just relatively a short time ago during WW2,a fitting tribute to the 300.000 that lost their lives on the journey to or at extermination camps.
Written October 30, 2019
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John H
London, UK618 contributions
Oct 2018 • Couples
We visited the Umschlagplatz monument which has been built on the site of a former railway siding. Umschlagplatz is a German word which translates as 'collection point' & it was from here that approximately 300,000 Jewish people from the Warsaw ghetto & from elsewhere in Poland were loaded into cattle trucks & sent to the death camps. The monument, which was opened in 1988, is constructed from black & white blocks of marble & is the size of one of the dreaded cattle trucks. Inside there are dozens of names which makes the monument even more personal & poignant.
Written October 14, 2018
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Botzer
Haifa, Israel94 contributions
Aug 2018 • Family
300,000 Jewish people were sent to death from here.
Please notice the wagon design of this monument.
Take a moment here, be silent and close your eyes for 2-3 min. That's all.
You'll never forget this monument
Please notice the wagon design of this monument.
Take a moment here, be silent and close your eyes for 2-3 min. That's all.
You'll never forget this monument
Written August 29, 2018
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Tupelo010835
Denton, TX1,934 contributions
Jun 2018 • Couples
Seemed fitting as this was the very sad last stop for more than 300,000 poor souls as they began their final journey. The railroad tracks are no longer there but the path to the tracks is symbolized by contrasting pavers. Also symbolized are the windows where the Nazi’s sat directing this horrible exodus. For this, look to the light colored wall to tour right as you walk in off the street.
Highly Recommended
Highly Recommended
Written June 21, 2018
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AnnaBilling
Malmö, Sweden167 contributions
This is a monument and as such is viewed in a few minutes. If you want to take the time to think about all the hundreds of thousands of Jews that transferred through here during WW2, there is seating available.
Written June 24, 2014
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