Img. ID: 561087

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

Józef Lewartowski
1895-1942, pełnomocnik KC PPR
w Dzielnicy Żydowskiej,
współtwórca i przywódca
bloku antyfaszystowskiego;
zastrzelony w getcie.
Odznaczony pośmiertnie
Krzyżem Grunwaldu III klasy

Translation: Józef Lewartowski, 1895-1942, representative of the Central Committee of the Polish Workers' Party in the Jewish Quarter, co-founder and leader of the anti-fascist bloc; shot in the ghetto. He was posthumously awarded the Grunwald Cross, 3rd class.

Hebrew

יוסף לברטובסקי
1890 – 1942, נציג הוועד הפועל
של מפלגת הפועלים הפולנית
(פפ"ר), ברובע היהודי בוארשה,
ממקימי הבלוק האנטיפשיסטי
וממנהיגיו; נורה למוות בגטו.
לאחר מותו צוין באתור הצלב
של גרונוולד דרגה III

Translation: Józef Lewartowski, 1895-1942, representative of the Central Committee of the Polish Workers' Party (PPR) in the Jewish Quarter in Warsaw, one of the founders and leaders of the anti-fascist bloc; shot in the ghetto. He was 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]