Warsaw Ghetto to be listed as a protected archaeological site
Aim is to protect the underground remains, though only after an analysis of the area has taken place
The area where the Warsaw Ghetto was located could be eligible to be listed as a protected site.
The goal is to protect the remains of the ghetto, located underground, which are sometimes excavated during repairs, and are not always turned over to museums.
On the initiative of the Warsaw Monument Conservator, the representatives of the Polin Museum, the Jewish Historical Institute, the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Museum of Warsaw and the Voivodship Monument Conservator met last week to discuss including the Warsaw Ghetto area in the communal record of monuments, naming it a protected archaeological site.
Before the ghetto area is added to the list of the historic monuments, a historical and archaeological analysis of the area will be prepared to precisely define the protection limits. The Warsaw conservator then will apply to the provincial conservator to enter the ghetto area in the register of protected monuments. Protection will only apply to what is underground.
Inclusion in the register will allow archaeological supervision during all earthworks in the area of the former ghetto. Objects discovered by accident in recent years and related to the history of the ghetto and the lives of its residents shows the need for such protection. Despite their significant historical value, many of those objects were not turned over to museums or research institutes.
The municipal record of monuments kept by the Office of the Capital Conservator of Monuments covers over 11,000 immovable objects from the Warsaw area.
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