Warsaw Ghetto
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| - | [[File:HIM byMaurizio Cattelan in Warsaw Ghetto 2013.JPG|166px|thumb|HIM by Maurizio Cattelan, depicting Hitler kneeling in prayer in a courtyard in the former [[Warsaw Ghetto]]]] | ||
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| - | ''[[HIM (Maurizio Cattelan)]]'' (2001): a sculpture resembling a schoolboy kneeling in prayer, except that the head has been replaced with the realistic likeness of [[Adolf Hitler]]. The sculpture was frequently displayed at the end of a long hallway or at the opposite end of a white room, turned away from the viewer so that they wouldn't be able to recognize the individual until they advanced close enough. | ||
| + | The '''Warsaw Ghetto''' was the largest of all the Jewish [[ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe]] during [[World War II]]. It was established in the [[Warsaw|Polish capital]] between October and November 16, 1940, in the territory of the [[General Government]] of [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|German-occupied Poland]], with over 400,000 Jews from the vicinity residing in an area of {{convert|3.4|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. From there, at least 254,000 Ghetto residents were sent to the [[Treblinka extermination camp]] over the course of two months in the summer of 1942. | ||
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The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of all the Jewish ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. It was established in the Polish capital between October and November 16, 1940, in the territory of the General Government of German-occupied Poland, with over 400,000 Jews from the vicinity residing in an area of Template:Convert. From there, at least 254,000 Ghetto residents were sent to the Treblinka extermination camp over the course of two months in the summer of 1942.
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