THE RIGHTEOUS IN PRAGA
On June 4th, 2011 took place a walk following the Polish Righteous in the Warsaw district of Praga, organized as part of the project “Polish Righteous – Recalling Forgotten History”. The walk started on at noon in front of the entrance to the Prague Park.
The walk around the Praga district commemorated Antonina Żabińska and her husband Jan, who was the director of the Warsaw zoo during the Second World War. The Żabińskis helped many Jews, whom they had been hiding in the villa they were living in and in the pheasant area of the zoo.
The stories of the Burchacki and Nowiński families (Targowa Street) were presented, as well as the story of hiding at the house of Kazimierz Skalski and at the Galas family’s (Brzeska Street). The participants of the walk also got to know the history of the Praga district which was a multicultural center before the Second Word War.
In the end of the walk promotional materials of the project “Polish Righteous – Recalling Forgotten History” were distributed, among them an album devoted to the Righteous and DVD’s with films presenting the Polish Righteous.
The walk was conducted by Daria Boniecka-Stępień, collaborator of the project “Polish Righteous – Recalling Forgotten History” and member of the Tour Guides Association“Golden Duck”.
The route was based on the accounts and documents collected during the research of the project “Polish Righteous – Recalling Forgotten History” of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews.
The interviews with the Righteous, rescuers and rescued were edited and published on the website www.sprawiedliwi.org.pl thanks to the financial support of the European Commission.
