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The Pawiak (named after Pawia Street) was built as a prison by the Russians between 1830 and 1835. During the war, despite being situated inside the ghetto, it was the political prison for the entire Generalgouvernement. Both gentiles and Jews were imprisoned here, though people were often taken to the Gestapo headquarters at Aleja Szucha 25 (a long way south of the Pawiak - the building still exists) to be interrogated. More than 30,000 Poles died in the Pawiak. The area around the Pawiak was a particularly dangerous one for passing Jews, as the guards would arrest people at random.
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