Img. ID: 561116
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
Paweł Frenkel
komendant Żydowskiego
Związku Wojskowego
Dawid Apfelbaum
dowódca oddziału ŻZW
przy placu Muranowskim.
Polegli w walce
podczas powstania
w getcie warszawskim
Translation: Paweł Frenkel, commander of the Jewish Military Union, Dawid Apfelbaum, commander of a unit of the Jewish Military Union at Muranowski Square. They died in combat during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Hebrew
פאוול פרנקל
מפקד הארגון הצבאי היהודי
דוד אפלבאום
מפקד יחידת הארגון הצבאי היהודי
בכיכר מורנובסקי
נפלו בקרב בזמן המרד
בגטו וורשה
Translation: Paweł Frenkel, commander of the Jewish Military Union, Dawid Apfelbaum, commander of a unit of the Jewish Military Union at Muranowski Square. They died in combat during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
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]