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| Korczak's Orphanage at Krochmalna Street |
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92 Krochmalna. Polish ministers were often visiting Dom Sierot. Here, the Polish minister, Mr. Pastor. Korczak is in the middle. The rain cover at the front door, its metal construction survived the fire and was rescued.
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Warsaw guides were asked some years ago what places Jewish tourists wanted to see in Warsaw. That was before the prepared algorithms were fighting on the internet to show a certain museum or spot. Two of the most important places of memory of Jewish heritage were the
Monument of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and
Korczak's Orphanage at Krochmalna Street, now Jaktorowska. This is what the tourist wanted to see.
Korczak's Orphanage at Krochmalna Street was a place that pedagogues, directors of orphanages, and students wanted to see before WWII. To see and of course to meet Janusz Korczak - Henryk Goldszmit.
After WWII, numerous former pupils and teachers who survived the Holocaust used to come to Warsaw just to see the building, part of their childhood and youth.
As the entire building was demolished during the war, actually, it is the building from the outside that is worth seeing.
From the former times in the interior of the building, there is only the former recreation hall - dining room that has some of the former habitus. Outside it is only the rain cover at the front door, its metal construction that survived the fire and was rescued.
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| 92 Krochmalna. From the old times in the interior, there is only the former recreation hall /dining room that has some of its former habitus. |
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| 92 Krochmalna Street after WWII. The rain cover at the front door, its metal construction survived the fire and was rescued. |
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| Jewish Heritage in Warsaw using Google. One photo refers to the Korczak monument at the Jewish cemetery. Two shows the Ghetto Fighters Monument. |
