Umschlagplatz monument

The Umschlagplatz Monument consists of white walls enclosing a square courtyard with stone tablets bearing inscriptions in four languages displayed at its center. The open layout allows visitors to walk through and read the names displayed on the inner surfaces from multiple angles.

This site served as a deportation point between 1942 and 1943, where German occupiers assembled and transported more than 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to extermination camps. After the war, the monument was built on this exact location to preserve the memory of those deported and to mark what happened here.

The inscribed names on the inner walls represent shared lives and connections between Polish and Jewish residents across generations. Visitors walking through the space can reflect on how this place held a thriving community before the tragedy that followed.

The monument is located at 10 Stawki Street at the intersection with Karmelicka Street and is easily accessible by foot from nearby transportation stops. The space is open to visitors at no cost and can be visited at any time during daylight, making it possible to stop and spend time there at your own pace.

A narrow opening in one of the white walls frames a tree that grew on the site after the war, serving as a quiet reminder of renewal after devastation. Black basalt cubes arranged across the ground trace invisible paths that represent the routes taken by those deported from this place.

Location: Śródmieście

Inception: 1988

Architects: Hanna Szmalenberg, Władysław Klamerus

Part of: Umschlagplatz in Warsaw ghetto

Address: Stawki 10

GPS coordinates: 52.25220,20.98910

Latest update: December 9, 2025 18:40