Obj. ID: 52483
Memorials Memorial Route of Martyrdom and Struggle of Jews in Warsaw - block 1
To the main object: Memorial Route of Martyrdom and Struggle of Jews in Warsaw, Poland, 1988
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 monument is part of the Memorial Route of Martyrdom and Struggle of Jews in Warsaw.
The stone block is made of unpolished black syenite. Its upper surface is shaped like a traditional Jewish tombstone and is polished. This surface bears a depiction of a seven-branched menorah and identical Polish and Hebrew inscriptions. The dates 1940–1943, indicating the period of existence of the Warsaw Ghetto, are placed on the front of the block. Polish and Hebrew inscriptions, “Memorial Route of Martyrdom and Struggle of Jews,” are placed on the left and right sides of the block.
Inscription:
Polish
W roku 1940
Niemcy
utworzyli w Warszawie
tzw. „Żydowską Dzielnicę
Mieszkaniową” – getto
zamykając za murami
450 tys. Żydów
których wymordowali
w latach 1940–1943
Translation: In 1940, the Germans established in Warsaw the so-called Jewish Residential Quarter – a ghetto, imprisoned behind the walls 450,000 Jews, and murdered them in 1940–1943.
Hebrew
בשנת 1940 הקימו הגרמנים
בווארשה גטו שכונה
רבע מגורים יהודי
וכלאו מאחורי החומות
450,000 יהודים
שאותם רצחו
בשנים 1940 – 1943
Translation: In 1940, the Germans established in Warsaw a ghetto that was named a Jewish residential quarter and imprisoned behind the walls 450,000 Jews, and murdered them in 1940–1943.
On the sides of the stone:
1940–1943
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.
Commissioned by
[to be determined]
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The unveiling of the route took place on April 18, 1988, on the eve of the 45th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Gebert, Kontanty, “The Dialectics of Memory in Poland: Holocaust Memorials in Warsaw,” in James E. Young, The Art of Memory: Holocaust Memorials in History (New York: Jewish Museum, 1994), 121-129.