Img. ID: 561122
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
Frumka Płotnicka
1914–1943, łączniczka Żydow-
skiej Organizacji Bojowej
na terenie kraju, współorga-
nizatorka samoobrony
w gettach Warszawy, Sosno-
wca i Będzina, gdzie zginęła
broniąc się w bunkrze; odznaczona
pośmiertnie Krzyżem Grunwaldu III klasy
Translation: Frumka Płotnicka, 1914–1943, liaison of the Jewish Combat Organization in the country, co-organizer of self-defense in the ghettos of Warsaw, Sosnowiec and Będzin, where she died defending herself in a bunker; posthumously awarded the Grunwald Cross, 3rd class.
Hebrew
פרומקה פלוטניצקי
1914 – 1943, פעילה בדרור, קשרית
של "הארגון היהודי הלוחם"
בפולין הכבושה, ממארגני
ההגנה העצמית בגטאות וארשה,
סוסנובית ובנדין. נספתה בבונקר
בבנדין תוך כדי התגוננות
צוינה לאחר מותו [מותה]
באות צלב גרונוולד דרגה III
Translation: Frumka Płotnicka, 1914–1943, activist in Dror, liaison of the Jewish Combat Organization in conquered Poland, co-organizer of self-defense in the ghettos of Warsaw, Sosnowiec and Będzin. Died in a bunker in Będzin defending herself; posthumously awarded the Grunwald Cross, 3rd 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]