Overview
- Description
- The collection consists of photographs depicting the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 including burning buildings, Polish firefighters, German SS officers, and captured Jews being marched down Nowolipie Street prior to deportation. Also included is one post-war photograph depicting Hungarian troops preparing to execute Lajos Remenyi-Schneller, who was tried and convicted in 1946 of collaborating with the Nazis.
All the Warsaw photographs were taken by Leszek Grzywaczewski, a Polish firefighter whose unit was called to the fire, but not allowed to intervene with buildings inside the ghetto. - Date
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inclusive:
1943-1946
- Collection Creator
- Leszek Grzywaczewski
- Biography
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Leszek Grzywaczewski was a firefigher in Warsaw, Poland. He and his unit were called to the burning Warsaw ghetto, but were not allowed to intervene. They were ordered to protect buildings outside the ghetto, but to stand by and watch the Jewish ghetto burn. His family saved a number of Jews including Janina Laks and her mother-in-law Halina Laks.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as a single series.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Warsaw (Poland)--History--Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943. Executions--Hungary--1940-1950. Deportation--Poland.
- Geographic Name
- Warsaw (Poland) Budapest (Hungary)
- Personal Name
- Grzywaczewski, Leszek.
- Corporate Name
- Warsaw Ghetto (Warsaw, Poland)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Photographs created by Leszek Grzywaczewski, April 1943, Warsaw Ghetto, Poland. This collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Howard Kaplan in 1992.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 12:47:13
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