wróć...Meeting devoted to the book “Mury i szczeliny. Przestrzenie getta warszawskiego” [Walls and cracks: the reality of the Warsaw ghetto]
We invite you to join a meeting devoted to the book “Mury i szczeliny. Przestrzenie getta warszawskiego” by Justyna Majewska. The event will take place on 16 March 2026 at
6 p.m. at the Museum of Polish Children – victims of totalitarianism (ul. Piotrkowska 90, 2nd floor).
The meeting will explore the notion of space in both its physical and symbolic dimensions – the space of oppression. We will focus on the Warsaw ghetto as a place where economic and physical exploitation ultimately turned into extermination. We will try to understand the experiences of those who were forced to live in isolation, especially children, and how the imposed boundaries divided not only the city, but also its people and culture.
About the author:
Justyna Majewska, PhD, is a cultural expert, sociologist and curator. She works in the Research Department of the Jewish Historical Institute and is a member of the Polish Centre for Holocaust Research. She runs the office of the journal “Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały” [The Holocaust. Studies and materials]. She is an editor of biographical source materials and
a scholarship holder of EHRI and the Wiener Wiesenthal Institut für Holocaust-Studien. She was part of the curatorial team responsible for the permanent exhibition at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. She currently collaborates with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington as part of the Holocaust Justice Project.
For her book “Mury i szczeliny. Przestrzenie getta warszawskiego”, she received the Marian Turski Historical Award from Polityka magazine for the best academic debut.
About the series:
“The full shelf: A forum on war and children” is a series of museum meetings with authors of books about the fate of children during armed conflicts. Its aim is to present the history of the Second World War from the perspective of the most overlooked victims.
Event information:
Date: 16 March 2026 (Monday)
Start: 6.00 p.m.
Location: Museum of Polish Children – victims of totalitarianism, ul. Piotrkowska 90, 2nd floor
Moderator: Andrzej Grzegorczyk
Free admission!