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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.

There is the "Tree of Shared Memory" behind the block. On the opposite side of the tree stands a Monument to Żegota (see here).

Inscription

Polish

Drzewo wspólnej pamięci
Żydom polskim
zamordowanym
w latach 1939–1945
przez niemieckiego najeźdźcę
i Polakom którzy zginęli
niosąc żydom pomoc

Translation: A tree of shared memory to the Polish Jews murdered in 1939–1945 by the German invader and to the Poles who died helping Jews.

Hebrew

עץ זכרון משותף
ליהודי פולין
שנרצחו בידי הגרמנים
בשנים 1939 – 1945
ולפול[נ]ים שנספו
בעת שהושיטו עזרה ליהודים

Translation: A tree of shared memory to the Jews of Poland that were murdered by the Germans in 1939 – 1945 and to the Poles who died when extending help to Jews.

Polish

Polacy i Żydzi
19 kwietnia 1988 roku
w 45 rocznicę
wybuchu powstania
w getcie warszawskim

Translation:

פולנים ויהודים
19 באפריל 1988
במלאת 45 שנה
לפרוץ המרד
בגטו ורשה

Translation:

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]