City Sights - Warsaw

Jewish Ghetto Memorial

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The Jewish Ghetto Memorial is a monument in Warsaw, Poland, commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 during the Second World War. It is located in the area which was formerly a part of the Warsaw Ghetto, at the spot where the first armed clash of the uprising took place. The monument was built partly of Nazi German materials originally brought to Warsaw in 1942 by Albert Speer for his planned works. The completed monument was formally unveiled in April 1948. The monument was raised in the square of Anielewicza Street, Karmelicka Street, Lewartowskiego Street and Zamenhofa Street. From August 1942 until the end of the Warsaw ghetto this was the last location of the Judenrat. 

In the square of the Jewish Ghetto Memorial, you’ll find a statue of who?

Jan Karski

Parts of the Jewish Ghetto Memorial were ordered into Poland by what German leader?

Albert Speer 

The anniversary of the Jewish Uprising in Warsaw is on what day?

April 19

The event that the Jewish Ghetto Memorial commemorates happened during what war?

World War II

The Jewish Ghetto Memorial commemorates a Jewish uprising against what oppressive group?

The Nazis

The Jewish Ghetto Memorial was unveiled in what year?

1948

The plaque at the Jewist Ghetto Memorial is inscribed with what Hebrew letter?

B

The statue of men and women with guns at the Jewish Ghetto Memorial is made out of what?

Bronze

The wall at the Jewish Ghetto Memorial was designed to evoke what famous wall?

Western Wall

There is a large statue on the western side of the Jewish Ghetto Memorial. Who is the central figure in the statue? 

Mordechai Anielewicz

What German chancellor took part in the Warschauer Kniefall at the Jewish Ghetto Memorial in 1970?

Willy Brandt

What synagogue was blown up by the Nazis after the Jewish Uprising?

Tlomacki

What was the name given to a form of German Nazi control over large groups of European Jews?

Judenrat

Who designed the Jewish Ghetto Memorial? 

Leon Suzin

Who sculpted the Jewish Ghetto Memorial?

Nathan Rapoport

Who was the first United States President to visit Warsaw without seeing the Jewish Ghetto Memorial?

Donald Trump

Warsaw Old Town

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The Warsaw Old Town is the oldest part of the capital city. It is bounded by the Wybrzeze Gdanskie, along with the bank of Vistula river, Grodzka, Mostowa and Podwale Streets. It is one of the most prominent tourist attractions in Warsaw. The heart of the area is the Old Town Market Place, rich in restaurants, cafés and shops. 

A famous statue of what mythical creature stands in Old Town Warsaw?

Mermaid

Before the great fire of 1607, the houses in Old Town Warsaw were built in Gothic style. In what style were they rebuilt? 

Renaissance

In what century was Old Town Warsaw established?

13th

In what year did Old Town Warsaw become a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

1980

In what year was the Barbarican in Old Town Warsaw constructed?

1540

In what year was St. John’s Cathedral founded?

1390

Old Town Warsaw is surrounded by what?

Walls

Old Town Warsaw originally grew around the castle that belonged to who?

Dukes of Mazovia

Old Town Warsaw was destroyed by Nazi Germany during World War II. What event spurred on its restoration?

Warsaw Uprising

Old Town Warsaw was severly damaged during what war?

World War II

St. John’s Cathedral was originally built with what type of architecture?

Masovian Gothic

There is a literature museum in Old Town Warsaw named after a famous Polish poet. What’s that poet’s name?

Adam Mickiewicz

What are Old Town Warsaw’s alleys paved in?

Cobblestone

What building in Old Town Warsaw has housed the Polish President since the 17th century?

Presidential Palace

What is considered to be the centerpiece of Old Town Warsaw?

Old Town Market Square

What is the name of the castle that served as the residence for Polish royalty between the 16th and 18th centuries?

Royal Castle

What monument in Old Town Warsaw commemorates the man who moved the Polish capital from Krakow to Warsaw?

Sigismund’s Column

Which of these is a famous catholic church in Old Town Warsaw?

St. John’s Cathedral

Which of these people is NOT buried in St. John’s Cathedral?

Roman Gabriel

Who designed the Barbarican in Old Town Warsaw?

Jan Baptist the Venetian

Auschwitz

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Auschwitz concentration camp was a network of German Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps built and operated by Nazi Germany in annexed Polish areas during World War II. It consisted of Auschwitz I (the original camp), Auschwitz II-Birkenau (a combination concentration/extermination camp), Auschwitz III-Monowitz (a labor camp to staff an IG Farben factory) and 45 satellite camps. An estimated 1.3 million people were sent to the camp, of whom at least 1.1 million died. Around 90 percent of those killed were Jewish; approximately 1 in 6 Jews killed in the Holocaust died at the camp. Many of those not killed in the gas chambers died of starvation, forced labor, infectious diseases, individual executions and medical experiments.  In the course of the war, the camp was staffed by 7,000 members of the German Schutzstaffel (SS), approximately 12 percent of whom were later convicted of war crimes. The prisoners remaining at the camp were liberated on 27 January 1945, a day no commemorated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. 

Around how many German soldiers worked at Auschwitz?

7,000

Around how many prisoners were killed at Auschwitz Concentration Camp?

1,1 million

Around what percent of people exterminated at Auschwitz were Jewish?

90%

Auschwitz Concentration Camp is located near what Polish industrial town?

Oswiecim

Auschwitz Concentration Camp was established in what year?

1940

For whom was Auschwitz Concentration Camp originally intended?

Political Prisoners

How were prisoners transferred to Auschwitz?

Train

In what year were the prisoners of Auschwitz liberated?

1945

The oldest known survivor of Auschwitz lived to be how old?

108

What is the name of the Polish woman who helped birth around 3,000 babies while in Auschwitz? 

Stanislawa Leszczynska

What method was first used to kill prisoners in Auschwitz?

Firing Squad

What museum was built on the grounds of Auschwitz I and II?

Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum

What once existed on the spot where Auschwitz Concentration Camp was built?

Army Barracks

What Polish soldier voluntarily went undercover in Auschwitz so the could report on what was happening there?

Witold Pilecki

What popular pharmaceuticals company bought prisoners from Auschwitz to use in medical testing? 

Bayer

What relative of Anne Frank survived the holocaust after being imprisoned at Auschwitz?

Father

What was the name of the Polish boxer who was imprisoned at Auschwitz and was forced to fight against former prisoners in order to survive? 

Salamo Arouch

Which German Nazi leader was the first commandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp?

Rudolf Hess

Which Nazi German doctor carried out inhumane experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz?

Josef Mengele

Which Nazi leader ordered the establishment of the first camp at Auschwitz?

Heinrich Himmler