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Warsaw ghetto (Poland)
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Here
is the most comprehensive account of chronology of the events in the Warsaw
Ghetto.
Second
is an account of the Uprising written by the only surviving commander of
ZOB (Jewish Fighting Organization), Dr. Marek Edelman:
Third is my personal recollection of the journeys with my father re-tracing
his movements of his own "passage thru hell" during the Warsaw Uprising
of August-September 1944. First of it happened after his return from England
in 1947 when he took me to the sites of his traumatic experiences during
that Uprising, but also to the incredible wasteland of the desert, which
once was
the Ghetto, and shown me the spot next to Muranowska Street, where
his unit of the Home Army was trying to blow up the wall of the Ghetto
and suffered heavy casualties. I remember vividly his description of uplifting
sight of white and blue flag of ZZW (Jewish Military Union or Irgun) fluttering
furiously next to white and red flag of Poland over the fierce battlefield
behind the wall. That imaginary image stuck in my memory forever along
with quite few others from both unprecedented Uprisings in my hometown.
I lived myself thru both of them but don't have personal remembrance due
to my age. I include several flags and pictures to help you understand
better that difficult