A historic building from the former Warsaw ghetto with the Palace of Culture in the background

A historic building with worn plaster, located in the former ghetto area, stands against Warsaw's modern skyline dominated by the Palace of Culture and Science tower, a gift from the Soviet Union in the 1950s. This image captures the city's historical layering: pre-war architecture that survived destruction, communist-era constructions, and modern glass skyscrapers. The building in the foreground, with its neo-baroque decorations and blackened facade, represents the Warsaw that was, that of the Jewish and Polish communities who lived together before the tragedy of war.

Warsaw, past present, ghetto, Palace of Culture, architecture, historical layering