Sunday 28 October 2012

Warsaw Jewish museum

The box-like glass building rises from soil marked by tragedy in the heart of Warsaw’s former Jewish district. At certain angles, its luminous facade reflects the outlines of a dark memorial to those who fought and died in the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising against the Nazis.

Yet despite reminders of Jewish suffering all around, the modern building will soon open as a key remembrance site of a mostly upbeat Jewish story, becoming home to the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, a major new museum dedicated to the 1,000 years of Jewish existence in Polish lands.

Read more: http://www.boston.com/travel/destinations/2012/10/28/warsaw-museum-celebrate-jewish-life-poland/YHSOkeFh2yZNXGZalQK1ZI/story.html

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