The SZPERA '42 film

bannerSZPERAleadWe are presenting  video footage of the performance, made by Grupa Filmowa as well as photographs by Kamila Bogulewska.
Video recording and photographic documentation were possible with the financial support from the Museum of Polish History in Warsaw, under the “Patriotism of Tomorrow” program.

 

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70th anniversary of the Allgemeine Gehsperre and the 68th anniversary of the liquidation of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto

zydowskie dzieci wywozone do obozu zagladySeptember 2012 marks the 70th anniversary of the so-called Wielka Szpera (Allgemeine Gehspere, General Curfew) - an action carried out by the Germans in the Łódź ghetto. As a result, over 15 thousand people were deported from the ghetto, including almost all children under 10 years of age. This concluded the first phase (lasting from January until September) of deportation of Jews to the extermination center at Chełmno on the Ner (Kulmhof).

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