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The drawing indicates that the cinema had one main entrance from Aleksandryjska Street, which led to a sizeable hall. From the hall, one would enter a smaller waiting area lit by natural light coming though five large windows. The ticket window was…

A tram—GE58 "Berlinka"—is preparing to depart from a stop at Pabianicka Street. One of the engineers is using a rope to adjust the trolley pole that transfers electricity from the overhead catenary wire to the tram. A large group of passengers is…

On a sunny afternoon, we see Zgierska Street from the Bałuty Market southward towards St. Mary’s Church. The architecture is a mixture of wooden houses and tenement buildings, typical of Bałuty. The street is paved with cobblestoned and in the…

Pfeiffer’s photograph of the Municipal Educational Cinematograph, seen from Rokicińska Street. There are posters advertising film screenings in display cases and glued to windowpanes of the building. A boy is studying the information on one of the…

Pfeiffer’s photograph of the Municipal Educational Cinematograph building seen from the Wodny Market. The inscription above the entry to the cinema reads: “The Municipal Educational Cinematograph.” The trees behind the building belong to the…

In this photograph we see the Luna Park at the Dabrowski Plac: the roller coaster, carousel, etc. The area of the entertainment part is surrounded by a tall fence, and at the entrance, a couple of policemen maintain order. Those who cannot afford the…

The Beginnings

Pfeiffer’s photograph of a paved marketplace, with St. Mary’s Church in the background. The picture frame is packed with shopping and vending people. Looking at it we can almost hear the sound of a bustling bazaar. In the foreground, we see a…

The text of this song, satirizing the dismal living conditions in low-income rentals, would be readily understood by the inhabitants of impoverished working-class districts in any of Poland’s small or big cities. But the conditions it lampooned were…

Mania Piwnik met Zanvel Goldberg in 1937, while he was on a spring break from his military service. When they met for their first date, the took a long walk to the Julianów Park, located north of the Jewish quarter. In this recording excerpt, they…