450:
391:
198:
366:
313:
378:
334:
Scouting
Statute, which says that a scout is a friend to every other human being and a brother to every other scout. We all wanted to attack immediately....and since we had captured a couple of tanks, the situation was rather better than in the previous days. So four of us went back to "Radosław" to ask for permission. Radosław was a cautious man and shared the view that the fortified positions should not be attacked frontally. But he agreed on condition that the attacking force be small in number and be composed entirely of volunteers....We carried it off by surprise. Our tank was a great success because the Germans had no anti-tank weapons. After the main gateway was destroyed Felek's platoon moved in....
350:
49:
435:
419:
407:
177:
449:
377:
33:
390:
52:
View from a tower of St. Augustine Church on
Nowolipki 18 Street towards Warsaw Ghetto. In front ruins on Pawia Street behind them surrounded by high wall with watch towers, is the west side of the Gesiowka prison. The Jewish cemetery on Okopowa Street is visible in the background on the left behind
333:
On 27th July the
Germans decided to evacuate the Gęsiówka camp to Dachau. More than 400 inmates, incapable of marching, were shot....A column of about 4,000 Jews was marched off, but disappeared without trace. And now the Zośka battalion was standing in front of this camp. They remembered the
349:
365:
312:
455:
Three Polish resistance fighters pictured after liberating the "Gęsiówka" concentration camp – from left to right: Wojciech Omyła (code name “Wojtek"), Juliusz Bogdan
Deczkowski (code name “Laudański") and Tadeusz Milewski (code name
706:
664:
263:
Only two Polish fighters were killed in the attack. Rescued from certain death were 348 able-bodied Jewish prisoners who had been retained by the
Germans as slave labour after the Germans' 1943 liquidation of the
383:
Three Polish resistance fighters pictured after liberating the "Gęsiówka” concentration camp – from left to right: an unknown insurgent, Stanisław
Kozicki (code name "Howerla") and Wacław Cyniak (code name
418:
434:
406:
318:
The Gęsiówka was demolished in the 1960s. The only visible evidence of its previous existence is a plaque, on the wall of 34 Anielewicza Street, commemorating the camp's 1944 liberation.
472:
668:
778:
518:
299:
took over the administration of the camp later that year and continued to use it as a prison and labour camp for criminal and political prisoners, including so-called
197:
714:
271:
Many of the Jewish prisoners joined the ranks of the insurgents, and most were killed in the next nine weeks of fighting, as were most of their liberators (the
149:, mostly for Jewish prisoners from countries other than Poland, particularly from Greece and Hungary. Over the course of its operation, the camp, known as the
753:
153:, housed an estimated 8,000–9,000 prisoners, who were engaged in slave labor. 4,000 to 5,000 prisoners are estimated to have died in the camp, during the
482:
165:
590:
773:
556:
629:
296:
101:
763:
758:
665:"Gęsiówka – a prison and Nazi concentration camp on the Gęsia Street – Sites of martyrdom –Heritage Sites – Warszawa – Virtual Shtetl"
548:
48:
131:
176:
371:
Gęsiówka after the liberation – in the picture, a Polish resistance fighter and two of the 348 liberated Jews (5 August 1944)
124:
610:
574:
492:
154:
150:
768:
86:
647:
594:
146:
607:
Wojciech
Rostafinski. How the Last Jews in Warsaw Were Saved. Courtesy of Heralds of Truth, Michigan.
329:, commander of the armoured platoon of the Zośka battalion, said the following words at the ceremony:
523:
467:
244:
that had been captured by Polish insurgents on 2 August, and assigned to Zośka's newly formed armour
120:
707:
Testimonies of Warsaw death blocks prisoners including Gęsiówka in 'Chronicels of Terror' collection
252:, supported the assault with fire from its main gun. In the one-and-a-half-hour battle, most of the
300:
292:
268:
and had been left behind after the evacuation of most of the Gęsiówka camp's inmates in July 1944.
233:
626:
571:
135:
229:
552:
536:
441:
397:
356:
272:
253:
225:
217:
202:
187:
41:
487:
326:
249:
400:
secure Gęsiówka after the liberation. The crematorium building is visible in the background
651:
633:
614:
578:
497:
322:
213:
158:
116:
65:
92:
In 1945–56 the Gęsiówka served as a prison and labor camp, operated first by the Soviet
321:
The memorial was unveiled during the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the
747:
265:
181:
241:
128:
100:
and other opponents of Poland's new
Stalinist regime, then by the Polish communist
82:
113:
729:
716:
608:
425:
288:
221:
97:
37:
412:
Polish resistance fighters in the Gęsiówka watchtower after the liberation
295:
regime, who were kept there in appalling conditions. The Polish communist
236:, attacked the Gęsiówka camp, which was being liquidated by the Germans.
17:
245:
477:
257:
78:
74:
645:
Obóz koncentracyjny na terenie ruin getta warszawskiego („Gęsiówka")
32:
627:
The Polish
Underground State: A Guide to the Underground, 1939–1945
36:
Jewish prisoners of Gęsiówka and Polish resistance fighters of the
338:
The memorial features inscriptions in Polish, Hebrew and
English.
69:) is the colloquial Polish name for a prison that once existed on
47:
31:
644:
284:
93:
526:, Martin Dean, and Mel Hecker, Volume I, part B, pp. 1512–1515
201:
Liberated Jewish women with Polish resistance fighters of the
396:
Polish resistance fighters from the "Giewont" company of the
355:
Polish resistance fighters from the "Giewont" company of the
256:
guards were killed or captured, though some fled toward the
123:
Street), near the intersection with Okopowa Street and the
27:
Former prison and Nazi concentration camp in Warsaw, Poland
591:"Judaica – WarsawTour – Official Tourist Portal of Warsaw"
572:
Odznaczenie dla Wacława Micuty, Prezydent RP, 2007-04-10
545:
Konzentrationslager Warschau. History and consequences
140:
Arbeitserziehungslager der Sicherheitspolizei Warschau
193:, corner of Okopowa and Żytnia Streets, 2 August 1944
359:
secure Gęsiówka after the liberation (5 August 1944)
541:
Konzentrationslager Warschau. Historia i następstwa
473:
German camps in occupied Poland during World War II
424:Liberated Jewish prisoners – one wearing a German
164:The former Gęsiówka prison is now the site of the
283:In January 1945 Gęsiówka was used by the Soviet
134:of Poland, it became a re-education camp of the
287:to imprison Polish resistance fighters of the
96:to imprison Polish resistance fighters of the
440:Gęsiówka bunker destroyed by soldiers of the
8:
519:Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945
516:The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
81:, and which, under German occupation during
483:Polish resistance movement in World War II
275:lost 70% of its members in the Uprising).
166:POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
161:, and while in hiding after the Uprising.
44:after the camp's liberation in August 1944
196:
175:
112:Before World War II, the Gęsiówka was a
509:
345:
779:Muranów (City Information System area)
145:In 1943 the prison was turned into a
64:
7:
291:and other opponents of Poland's new
754:Buildings and structures in Warsaw
25:
691:Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw
549:Institute of National Remembrance
172:Liberation during Warsaw Uprising
448:
433:
417:
405:
389:
376:
364:
348:
311:
212:On 5 August 1944, early in the
127:. Beginning in 1939, with the
125:Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery
1:
774:Holocaust locations in Poland
693:, Pan Books 2004 pp. 609–610
307:Gęsiówka liberation memorial
53:Gesiowka prison. Spring 1945
593:. p. 4. Archived from
547:] (in Polish). Warsaw:
795:
218:"Zośka" scouting battalion
157:from the camp, during the
764:Warsaw concentration camp
759:Defunct prisons in Poland
632:27 September 2011 at the
493:Warsaw concentration camp
428:– smiling for the camera
151:Warsaw concentration camp
730:52.244639°N 20.9789389°E
613:31 January 2019 at the
186:armored platoon of the
87:Nazi concentration camp
336:
209:
194:
136:German security police
54:
45:
735:52.244639; 20.9789389
650:6 August 2020 at the
331:
200:
179:
119:on Gęsia Street (now
62:Polish pronunciation:
51:
35:
671:on 24 September 2015
524:Geoffrey P. Megargee
468:Chronicles of Terror
73:("Goose") Street in
726: /
597:on 10 January 2012.
577:23 May 2006 at the
234:Eugeniusz Stasiecki
66:[ɡɛ̃ˈɕufka]
279:After World War II
210:
195:
147:concentration camp
55:
46:
625:Stefan Korbonski
558:978-83-60464-46-5
442:"Zośka" battalion
398:"Zośka" battalion
357:"Zośka" battalion
273:"Zośka" battalion
42:"Zośka" battalion
16:(Redirected from
786:
741:
740:
738:
737:
736:
731:
727:
724:
723:
722:
719:
694:
687:
681:
680:
678:
676:
667:. Archived from
661:
655:
642:
636:
623:
617:
605:
599:
598:
587:
581:
569:
563:
562:
533:
527:
514:
452:
437:
421:
409:
393:
380:
368:
352:
315:
180:Soldiers of the
68:
63:
21:
794:
793:
789:
788:
787:
785:
784:
783:
769:Warsaw Uprising
744:
743:
734:
732:
728:
725:
720:
717:
715:
713:
712:
703:
698:
697:
689:Norman Davies,
688:
684:
674:
672:
663:
662:
658:
652:Wayback Machine
643:
639:
634:Wayback Machine
624:
620:
615:Wayback Machine
606:
602:
589:
588:
584:
579:Wayback Machine
570:
566:
559:
551:. p. 117.
537:Kopka, Bogusław
535:
534:
530:
515:
511:
506:
498:Warsaw Uprising
464:
457:
453:
444:
438:
429:
422:
413:
410:
401:
394:
385:
381:
372:
369:
360:
353:
344:
323:Warsaw Uprising
309:
301:"class enemies"
281:
230:Ryszard Białous
214:Warsaw Uprising
208:, 5 August 1944
174:
159:Warsaw Uprising
117:military prison
110:
61:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
792:
790:
782:
781:
776:
771:
766:
761:
756:
746:
745:
710:
709:
702:
701:External links
699:
696:
695:
682:
656:
637:
618:
600:
582:
564:
557:
528:
508:
507:
505:
502:
501:
500:
495:
490:
485:
480:
475:
470:
463:
460:
459:
458:
454:
447:
445:
439:
432:
430:
423:
416:
414:
411:
404:
402:
395:
388:
386:
382:
375:
373:
370:
363:
361:
354:
347:
343:
340:
308:
305:
303:, until 1956.
280:
277:
226:Radosław Group
173:
170:
109:
106:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
791:
780:
777:
775:
772:
770:
767:
765:
762:
760:
757:
755:
752:
751:
749:
742:
739:
721:20°58′44.18″E
708:
705:
704:
700:
692:
686:
683:
670:
666:
660:
657:
653:
649:
646:
641:
638:
635:
631:
628:
622:
619:
616:
612:
609:
604:
601:
596:
592:
586:
583:
580:
576:
573:
568:
565:
560:
554:
550:
546:
542:
538:
532:
529:
525:
521:
520:
513:
510:
503:
499:
496:
494:
491:
489:
488:Wacław Micuta
486:
484:
481:
479:
476:
474:
471:
469:
466:
465:
461:
451:
446:
443:
436:
431:
427:
420:
415:
408:
403:
399:
392:
387:
379:
374:
367:
362:
358:
351:
346:
341:
339:
335:
330:
328:
327:Wacław Micuta
324:
319:
316:
314:
306:
304:
302:
298:
297:secret police
294:
290:
286:
278:
276:
274:
269:
267:
266:Warsaw Ghetto
261:
259:
255:
251:
250:Wacław Micuta
248:commanded by
247:
243:
242:Panther tanks
240:, one of two
239:
235:
231:
227:
223:
219:
215:
207:
205:
199:
192:
190:
185:
184:
178:
171:
169:
167:
162:
160:
156:
152:
148:
143:
141:
137:
133:
130:
126:
122:
118:
115:
107:
105:
103:
102:secret police
99:
95:
90:
88:
84:
80:
76:
72:
67:
59:
50:
43:
39:
34:
30:
19:
718:52°14′40.7″N
711:
690:
685:
673:. Retrieved
669:the original
659:
640:
621:
603:
595:the original
585:
567:
544:
540:
531:
517:
512:
337:
332:
320:
317:
310:
282:
270:
262:
237:
211:
203:
188:
182:
163:
144:
139:
111:
91:
83:World War II
70:
57:
56:
29:
733: /
654:– in Polish
155:death march
121:Anielewicza
114:Polish Army
85:, became a
748:Categories
504:References
132:occupation
426:Stahlhelm
384:"Orlicz")
325:in 1994.
293:Stalinist
289:Home Army
228:, led by
222:Home Army
206:battalion
191:battalion
98:Home Army
38:Home Army
675:13 April
648:Archived
630:Archived
611:Archived
575:Archived
539:(2007).
462:See also
260:prison.
58:Gęsiówka
18:Gesiowka
456:"Ćwik")
342:Gallery
246:platoon
220:of the
108:History
555:
478:Pawiak
258:Pawiak
216:, the
129:German
79:Poland
75:Warsaw
543:[
238:Magda
204:Zośka
189:Zośka
183:Wacek
71:Gęsia
677:2015
553:ISBN
285:NKVD
232:and
94:NKVD
224:'s
142:).
40:'s
750::
522:,
254:SD
168:.
104:.
89:.
77:,
679:.
561:.
138:(
60:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
