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By feline01

on August 26, 2002

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Pawiak (Thanks to E-Diogo for helping me with the correct name)-A political prison.

I was glad to hear from E-D again who provided the following information about Pawiak:

This prison was used first by Russia (in the 19th century), and then by Germans during Second World War. Many people destined to go to concentration camps (including Auschwitz) first were in Pawiak.

Pawiak was destroyed in 1945. During communism, political prisoners were kept in Rakowiecka prison (which is also a prison for criminals). The policy of the communist regime was to keep political prisioners together with criminals, to humiliate them even more.

The names of the victims who were tortured and killed were placed on this tree and left as a reminder of the cruelty of mankind. Imagine being murdered because you had an opposing political view? Still happens all the time in this world...