Walking Memory
The Hero’s Path and the Construction of Warsaw Ghetto Memory
a walk through the Hearo's path and questions of memory and its construction
how the memory of the Warsaw Ghetto has been constructed over time and by whom.
Memory of an important historical event is constructed in many different ways—not only through physical monuments, but also through the ideas and choices behind them. This story matters because it encourages visitors to look beyond what is commemorated and, through guided questions, to think critically about how memory is constructed, who shapes it, and what may be absent.
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Walking as historical inquiry
Lynne Feldman’s StoryMap explores how Warsaw Ghetto history is encountered through contemporary streets and places of commemoration. The route asks visitors to notice how urban space shapes what people remember and what they overlook.
A constructed path of remembrance
Monuments and memorial routes are not neutral records of the past: they are choices about what to honour and how to guide interpretation. The project brings these choices into view through an interactive itinerary.
Encountering history in place
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Sources & Credits
Original project references, visual sources and creator credits are collected here in one place.
- Creator & project
Lynne Feldman. StoryMap. Who Owns Memory? Digital Public Exhibition, First Cycle 2026.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), Holocaust Encyclopedia and Collections
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Jewish Historical Institute (Żydowski Instytut Historyczny), Warsaw
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Virtual Shtetl, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Warsaw Ghetto Museum (Muzeum Getta Warszawskiego)
Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum and Archive
National Library of Israel, Abraham Schwadron Portrait Collection
Center for Jewish Art, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jewish National Fund (JNF) Photo Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Bibliography
Young, James E. “The Biography of a Memorial Icon: Nathan Rapoport’s Warsaw Ghetto Monument.” Representations, no. 26 (Spring 1989): 69–106.
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. “Monument to the Ghetto Heroes (9/11 Zamenhofa Street).” Virtual Shtetl.
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- Digital exhibition edition
Web presentation adapted for Who Owns Memory? (2026), with layout and language editing. The original contributors retain authorship of their research, interpretation and creative work.