The Warsaw Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising
July 1, 2015
Polish war reporter. More than thirty photographers documented the uprising on the insurgents' side. A similar number accompanied the German side. Beginning of August 1944.
© Warsaw Rising Museum
The exhibition focusses on photographs taken during the uprising by Polish and German war correspondents and that appeared in the press at the time, as well as some pictures unpublished to date. They are presented within the context of the press articles and the respective papers they appeared in.
The Prora Documentation Centre
The Prora Documentation Centre is located within the "Colossus of Rügen" complex – originally intended to be a KdF (Kraft durch Freude – Power Through Joy) seaside resort on the island of Rügen. Prora is part of the Binz region and lies on Prorer Wiek, the most beautiful bay on the island. The 4.5 kilometre-long complex was built, and for the most part completed, between 1936 and 1939.
The complex is now a class listed monument. Next to the grounds of the Nürnberg Rally it is the largest remaining architectural project that was carried out during the Nazi era. 20,000 people were supposed to go there on holiday. The KdF seaside resort is not only an interesting example of the implementation of modern architecture during the Nazi era, but is also an important socio-historical witness to the Nazi regime's efforts to satisfy the workers – whose party and organisation had been defeated in 1933 – and to win them over to the Nazi's war, living environment and racial policies.
The exhibition is presented in German and in English.
Further information at: Dokumentationszentrum Prora
Polish war reporter. More than thirty photographers documented the uprising on the insurgents' side. A similar number accompanied the German side. Beginning of August 1944.
© Warsaw Rising Museum
Prora (2011)
© Klugschnacker
"The Colossus of Prora" - view from landside
© Steffen Löwe