Monday, February 4, 2013

Daffodils and 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising


Daffodils symbolize remembrance, respect and hope. They bloom in April, the month of the outbreak of the Uprising. 

When in Poland, I use to lay a bunch of yellow daffodils flowers under the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes and at the Umschlagsplatz*.


This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.The events that took place in the spring of 1943 has left a significant stamp on the city of Warsaw.

The Uprising - the first from among a few other uprisings in the ghettos scattered on the territory of Poland - was also the first event of that kind in occupied Europe. After its suppression the Germans razed the ghetto to the ground.

* Umschlagsplatz, Warszawa. First deportations started from Umschlag to Treblinka 1942, 70 years ago. When I was there, I felt how my vision in colour, changed to black and white and suddenly the year was 1942....