Warsaw Ghetto

Snow falls on the Okopowa Street Jewish cemtery in Warsaw, Poland. (Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Human remains found in former Warsaw Ghetto buried in Jewish cemetery

The bones may have belonged to one of the nearly 100,000 Jews who perished there due to the horrid conditions, disease or starvation, or in the uprising.

10 sets of tefillin that the Shem Olam Holocaust museum said were found in Warsaw, Poland. (Courtesy of Shem Olam Faith & the Holocaust Institute for Education, Documentation & Research)

Israeli Holocaust museum under fire for allegedly smuggling artifacts out of Warsaw

The Shem Olam institute near Hadera said it obtained 10 tefillin sets found by construction workers inside a makeshift bunker dug by Jewish fighters.

Kansas teacher honored in Warsaw for bringing Holocaust hero Irena Sendler’s story to light

Norman Conard's students presented a play about the unrecognized work by a Polish social worker in the Warsaw Ghetto.

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Area under Warsaw Ghetto poised to be named protected archaeological site

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Warsaw Ghetto museum planned for hospital whose patients were sent to death camp

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Buried testimony from the Warsaw Ghetto goes on display for the first time in Poland

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Former Warsaw Ghetto fighter Simcha Rotem wins lawsuit over published love letters

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Historic Warsaw Ghetto plum tree has second chance to grow

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Uncovering my family’s hidden Holocaust stories

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Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto to open, be available online

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