As part of the Pawiak Remembrance Days, we invite you to a walk around the area once occupied by the prison commonly known as Pawiak, and today by the Museum that commemorates the history of this site, particularly its tragic events during World War II. - We will go back to ancient times to explain what divided today's Dzielna Street, as few people remember that it once marked a boundary of land ownership. - We will examine the figure of the prison reformer in the Kingdom of Poland, whose initiative led to the creation of the Pawiak prison. - We will recall the renowned architect from Italy who designed the prison. - We will explain why a district predominantly inhabited by the Jewish community emerged around the prison. - We will look at how one of the busiest streets of the pre-war Nalewki-Muranów district appears today. Walking around the Museum, the events of World War II will inevitably dominate the discussion. In the early 1930s, during his escape from the repressions of the Nazi regime, a German socialist activist stopped in Warsaw. He appeared in Warsaw again nearly forty years later to sign a document of great importance to the authorities of the time. During the walk, we will recall his name and the significance of the document he signed. We will also recall the name and indicate the residence of the last rabbi of the ghetto, murdered by the Germans in November 1943. Despite having the chance to save his life, he chose not to abandon his companions, deciding to die alongside them. After the fall of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Heinrich Himmler decided to establish a concentration camp in Warsaw. Thousands of people pass by the site of the former camp daily, unaware of its existence. The camp was captured by soldiers of the "Zośka" Battalion on August 5, 1944, and the attackers surprised the defenders by using a certain trick. We will tell the story of how such a well-fortified site was seized. One of the prisoners freed during the Warsaw Uprising led the Home Army headquarters from the Old Town to Śródmieście. To this day, we do not know his real name. These are some of the topics we will cover during the walk around the Pawiak Prison Museum. 📅 THE EVENT IS FREE
