Img. ID: 561104
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
Arie Wilner „Jurek”
1917-1943, członek Haszomer
Hacair, łącznik między Żydow-
ską Organizacją Bojową
a Armią Krajową, uczestnik
powstania w getcie, zginął
8 maja 1943 w bunkrze
dowództwa; odznaczony
pośmiertnie Krzyżem Virtuti
Militari V klasy
Translation: Arie Wilner "Jurek," 1917-1943, member of Hashomer Hatzair, liaison between the Jewish Combat Organization and the Home Army, participant of the ghetto uprising, died on May 8, 1943 in the command bunker; posthumously awarded the Virtuti Militari Cross, 5th class.
Hebrew
אריה וילנר, "יורק"
1917 – 1943, חבר "השומר הצעיר"
איש הקשר בין הארגון היהודי
הלוחם וה"ארמיה קראיובה".
לקח חלק במרד גטו וארשה,
נספה ב-8 במאי 1943 בבונקר
המפקדה. לאחר מולו צוין באות
הצלב וירטוטי מיליטרי דרגה V
Translation: Arie Wilner "Jurek," 1917-1943, member of Hashomer Hatzair, liaison between the Jewish Combat Organization and the Armia Krajowa, participated in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, died on May 8, 1943 in the command bunker; posthumously awarded the Virtuti Militari Cross, 5th class.
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]