Memorial Name
Trakt Pamięci Męczeństwa i Walki Żydów w Warszawie (Memorial Route of Martyrdom and Struggle of Jews in Warsaw)
Who is Commemorated?
Jewish fighters and victims of the Warsaw Ghetto.
Description:
The wall plaque is part of the Memorial Route of Martyrdom and Struggle of Jews in Warsaw.
The plaque is made of black syenite. It is shaped like a traditional, polished Jewish tombstone with a rough frame. The plaque's surface bears a depiction of a seven-branched menorah and almost identical Polish and Hebrew inscriptions. The dates 1940–1943, indicating the period of existence of the Warsaw Ghetto, and Polish and Hebrew inscriptions, “Memorial Route of Martyrdom and Struggle of Jews,” are also carved on the plaque.
Inscription:
Polish
Stawki 6–8
W tym budynku szkoły
i przejściowo
szpitala żydowskiego
przetrzymywano Żydów
przed ich wywiezieniem
do Treblinki
Translation: Stawki 6–8. In this building of a school and, temporarily, a Jewish hospital, Jews were held before their deportation to Treblinka.
Hebrew
סטאבקי 6 – 8
בבנין זה
של בית-ספר
ובית-חולים יהודי
הוחזקו יהודים זמנית
לפני שילוחם לטרבלינקה
Translation: Stawki 6–8. In this building of a school and Jewish hospital, Jews were temporarily held before their deportation to Treblinka.
Polish
Trakt pamięci
męczeństwa
i walki
Żydów
Translation: Memorial Route of Martyrdom and Struggle of Jews
Hebrew
נתיב הזיכרון
לשואה
ולגבורת
היהודים
Translation: Memorial Route of the Holocaust and Heroism of Jews
At the bottom of the plaque:
1940–1943
Commissioned by
[to be determined]