Question about Warsaw, Poland
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Question about Warsaw, Poland
I want to learn if my memory of the site of the Warsaw ghetto is accurate. I visited Warsaw on a tour very briefly in the late 60's, and my recollection was that there was really nothing there--that it was basically a field of rubble.
I checked Wikipedia and saw that much of the city was rebuilt (without outside help) from 1950 to 1970.
Does anyone know anything about this?
I checked Wikipedia and saw that much of the city was rebuilt (without outside help) from 1950 to 1970.
Does anyone know anything about this?
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But recently I read that there was a new Jewish Museum/Memorial opened and the ghetto was getting more distinctive information signage and such - when I was there just after the fall of Soviet influence it was like kja says - about the same year but still poignant nevertheless.
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Oh yes, completely destroyed. And now Medieval looking buildings facing an open square with horse drawn carriages and all. Wonderfully restored for us to visit. I remember that there is a painting I think in an Amsterdam museum that was used as a visual guide for restoring Warsaw as it once was with its stately buildings. Anyone help here? I could track it down I guess. So today you have Old Warsaw which is actually fairly new and nearby is New Warsaw which is older.
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This wasn't THE Canaletto, but his nephew Bernardo Bellotto who used the name.
http://www.zamek-krolewski.pl/en/imp...lled-Canaletto
http://www.zamek-krolewski.pl/en/imp...lled-Canaletto