International Conference Need to Know XIII and the 2024 IIHA Annual Conference: Intelligence in Central and Eastern Europe (Intermarium) and the Soviet (Russian) Factor, 14-16 October 2024, Warsaw
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A ceremony commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was held in Warsaw on 19 April 2024.
The uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto (19 April - 16 May 1943) was an expression of the determination of the Jewish population, which despite the lack of any hope for the success of the rebellion, stood up against its oppressors, fighting for their pride and a sense of dignity.
In the autumn of 1940, the Germans established a ghetto in Warsaw. It was marked out in the so-called Northern District, mostly inhabited by Jews, and separated from the rest of the city by a high brick wall.
It was vanity and ambition that prompted Jürgen Stroop to brag about the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto in a specially-compiled photo report for his superiors - the file which ultimately sent him to the gallows.
The Institute of National Remembrance loaned the original Jürgen Stroop Report to the Warsaw Ghetto Museum, as announced at a press conference held at the Institute’s Janusz Kurtyka Educational Center.
IPN's educational series of short films entitled "Not Only the Ulmas" presents well-researched examples of Poles who saved Jews under German occupation during World War II. Each episode is focusing on a separate person, and most often a family or several families, whose members risked, and most often lost, their lives trying to protect their Jewish fellow citizens. The series was created by the IPN Spokesperson's Office in cooperation with researchers at the IPN’s Historical Research Office and IPN's Office of International Relations
We encourage you to read some educational materials on the subject.
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