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Warsaw: A City Divided

"The Nazi destruction of a European city"

The history of the Warsaw Ghetto (1940-43) as seen from both sides of the wall, its legacy and its memory: new light on a tragic era of division, destruction and mass murder thanks to the testimony of survivors and the discovery of a ten-minute film shot by Polish amateur filmmaker Alfons Ziółkowski in 1941.

Top Cast

  • Krystyna Budnicka

    Krystyna Budnicka

    Self - Ghetto Inhabitant

  • Zygmunt Walkowski

    Zygmunt Walkowski

    Self - Photographer

  • Józef Hen

    Józef Hen

    Self - Writer

  • Irena Agata Bołdok

    Irena Agata Bołdok

    Self - Ghetto Inhabitant

  • Niels Gutschow

    Niels Gutschow

    Self - Architecture Historian

  • Aleksandra Polisiewicz

    Aleksandra Polisiewicz

    Self - Artist

  • Michael Schudrich

    Michael Schudrich

    Self - Chief Rabbi of Poland

  • Eleonora Bergman

    Eleonora Bergman

    Self - Architecture Historian

  • Jakub Szczęsny

    Jakub Szczęsny

    Self - Architect

Overview

The history of the Warsaw Ghetto (1940-43) as seen from both sides of the wall, its legacy and its memory: new light on a tragic era of division, destruction and mass murder thanks to the testimony of survivors and the discovery of a ten-minute film shot by Polish amateur filmmaker Alfons Ziółkowski in 1941.

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