Warsaw Uprising Museum

je ne sais quoi

5.0/5

Outstanding

If you are in Warsaw, one thing you will realise very quickly - not just in the history but in the very psyche of the city - is that almost all of Warsaw (84%) was destroyed during the Second World War, and any classical-looking buildings you see especially in the Old Town are replicas of the originals built after the war. Along with Dresden and Manila, Warsaw was among the worst destroyed in the war, and the reason is because the Germans razed the city to the ground as a “punishment” for the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.To find out more about the uprising, there is no better place to learn about it than the Warsaw Uprising Museum (Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego), which I visited in May. It is a large museum with many exhibits across several floors, bringing you through interactive displays, artifacts, written accounts, and other testimonies of how life was during the German occupation of Warsaw, the uprising, and its aftermath. There are displays dedicated to each district of Warsaw. There are many free informative leaflets and flyers (in Polish and English), including 63 calendar pages covering the dates from 1 August 1944 to 2 October 1944 – each containing a summary of the most important events that took place on that particular day of the uprising.Definitely should go here to understand not just the particular 1944 uprising but also the Second World War as a whole as many exhibits link this to the broader European war. A history buff like me would definitely love exploring yet be moved by the more personal and emotional artifacts.#poland #warsaw #history