Warsaw synagogue makes a virtual reappearance on anniversary of ghetto revolt
The Great Synagogue of Warsaw, destroyed by German forces during World War II, was recreated virtually with light April 18 as part of anniversary commemorations of the 1943 uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto. (Czarek Sokolowski / Associated Press)
The Great Synagogue of Warsaw, which was destroyed by German forces during World War II, made a brief reappearance as an apparition of light during commemorations for the Ghetto Uprising of 1943.
Light was projected Thursday night onto the modern glass building in the place where the synagogue used to stand. For two hours, a grand building fronted by classical Greek-style columns was returned virtually to a city where most traces of a large prewar Jewish community have vanished. Archival recordings of the synagogue's cantor, Gerszon Sirota, revived the sounds of Jewish Warsaw. Sirota died in the ghetto.
The light-and-sound show was the work of Polish multimedia artist Gabi von Seltmann, who wants Polish society to remember the large Jewish community that was once an integral part of a multicultural country. The event was organized by Open Republic, a group that fights anti-Semitism.
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