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Alphabetical list
of Jewish historical sites in Warsaw:
A B C D
G J K L
M N O P
S T W Z
J
Jagielońska st.
Jaktorowska
st.
Joselewicza
st.
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28 Jagiellońska Street
(Education Building)
The inscription has survived on the pediment: "Michał Bergson Education Building of the Warsaw Jewish
Community." The building was built in 1911-14, designed by Henryk Stifelman and Stanisł±w
Weis, thanks to the initiative of Michał Bergson (1831-1919), president of the Jewish Community and great grandson of Szmul
Zbykower. The building housed a school, a nursery and a shelter for Jewish
children. In 1940 everyone was moved to the Warsaw Ghetto. After the war, schools of the Province Jewish Committee in Poland were
here. The Baj Puppet Theater moved into a former prayer hall in 1953, and
preschools, a health clinic and private apartments took the rest.
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6 Jaktorowska Street
(Janusz Korczak Orphanage, 92 Krochmalna St.,
now Children's Home No. 6)
In the years 1911-13 the Orphans Aid Society built a three-story building on city
outskirts, designed by Henryk Stifelman, for Jewish orphans. From the start the brilliant
pedogogue, writer and doctor Janusz Korczak (Henryk Goldsmith) was its
head. Once the ghetto was forms, the Orphanage was moved to 33 Chłodna St., later to 9 ¦liska St.
(now Defilad Square). From there the children and their caretaker were driven to Umschlagplatz on
Aug. 6, 1942 and transported to the Triblinka death camp.
A bust of Janusz Korczak, by the distinguished sculptor K. Dunikowski, was placed before the building in 1979. A street in the Wola district features J. Korczak's
name. A memorial stone was placed in front of Władysław IV High
School, the successor to the one J. Korczak once attended.
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Berka Joselewicza Street
(from Lubelska to Bliska Street)
On Nov. 4, 1794 the Russian army, under Marshal Suvarov, captured Praga and began a massacre of the
populace. A Jewish division, under the command of Berek
Joselewicz, took part in the defense of Praga. Most of Joselewicz's soldiers died in the trenches dug in the recently established Jewish
cemetery. According to legend, the wealthy merchant, banker to King Stanisław August
Poniatowski, leader of the Jewish Community, announced that anyone finding a dead soldier would get a silver ruble from
him, and a gold ducat for bringing in a wounded soldier, whether a Jew or a
Christian. Prayers were recited in Praga synagogues on the anniversary of the Praga
slaughter. The metal goods factory of Józef Rosenthal, built in 1904, and converted by the Lejzorowicz brothers in 1919 into a tannery, survives on this little
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