July 22, 1942, was the beginnning of the Grosse Aktion (Great Action) in the Warsaw Ghetto. German authorities announced that most Jews living in the ghetto would be resettled to the East. In fact they were transported to the death camp at Treblinka, where they were murdered upon arrival in the gas chambers. Adam Czerniakow, the head of Judenrat, committed suicide in protest against the crime. From July 22 to September 21 over 265,000 Jews were deported from Warsaw and killed at Treblinka.

Children of the Holocaust survivors set up a new association called "Drugie Pokolenie" (Second Generation) in Warsaw. If you would like to join or share your experience e-mail us: drugie.pokolenie@jewish.org.pl

ZOOM, Polish-Jewish Youth Organization, offers new workshops for high school students. The project is supported by European Commission funds. The peer workshop is a chance to meet and exchange ideas with Jewish students from Warsaw, to discuss multicultural background of our city and the way stereotypes emerge and influence our thinking.

The Jury of the 7th Jewish Motifs Internationa Film Festival has awarded Gift for Stalin , a film by Rustem Abdrashov (a coproduction of Kazahstan, Russia, Poland, Israel). Other awards went to Moshe Zimmerman (Israel)  for his Pizza at Auschwitz, to Michel Prazan (France) for his Einsatzgruppen - Death Brigades, to Benjamin Freidenberg (Israel) for his A Tour with a Guide, and many others.

Center for Holocaust Research (Warsaw University) has launched their unique Database about the Warsaw Ghetto, accessible since February 12 at the web address: warszawa.getto.pl

We recommend the newly published book by Jan Jagielski Remnants of the Warsaw Ghetto.