Warsaw Ghetto

Former Gęsia Street

Former Gęsia Street


We’ll now walk over to the square behind the Museum. The further away from ulica Nalewki, the poorer were the buildings on pre-War ulica Gęsia, today renamed as ulica Mordechaja Anielewicza. There was a cemetery at the end of Gęsia. Today, it is one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Europe. So that funeral processions would regularly proceed along the length of ulica Gęsia. A little further, behind the cemetery, was a market frequented by the poorer residents of the northern district.

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