Michał Głowiński
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Michał Głowiński was a Polish philologist, historian and literary theorist specializing in the history of Polish literature. Głowiński was a professor of humanities and member of the Polish Academy of
Głowiński in 2016
Umschlagplatz
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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 ca
Michał Głowiński
…parents stayed there until July 1942, when the Nazis ordered the liquidation of the ghetto. Half a million Jewish residents of the ghetto were taken to Umschlagplatz and from there to the Treblinka gas chambers. After initially hiding in a cellar, Głowiński and his parents were identified and selected for Treblinka…
National monument at the Ghetto's former Umschlagplatz symbolizing an open freight car, Stawki Street, Warsaw
Polish Jews loaded onto trains at the Warsaw Ghetto
Waiting to be deported at the Umschlagplatz.
Jews captured during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising being led to Umschlagplatz via Zamenhof street.