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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.

The block is situated at the entrance to the Mila 18 Bunker Site (see here).

Inscription:

Polish

Mordechaj Anielewicz
1919-1943, członek Haszomer
Hacair, komendant Żydowskiej
Organizacji Bojowej, przy-
wódca powstania w getcie
8 maja 1943 roku w otoczonym przez
Niemców bunkrze dowództwa wraz
ze swym sztabem
odebrał sobie życie;
odznaczony pośmiertnie Krzyżem
Grunwaldu III klasy

Translation: Mordechai Anielewicz, 1919-1943, member of Hashomer Hatzair, commander of the Jewish Combat Organization, leader of the ghetto uprising; on May 8, 1943, in the command bunker surrounded by Germans, together with his staff, took his own life; posthumously awarded the Grunwald Cross, 3rd class.

Hebrew

מרדכי אנילביץ
1920 – 1943, חבר השומר הצעיר
מפקד הארגון היהודי הלוחם,
מנהיג המרד בגטו וארשה
ב-8 במאי 1943 איבד עצמו לדעת
יחד עם אנשי המפקדה בבונקר
הפיקוד שכותר בידי הגרמנים
לאחר מותו צוין
באות צלב גרונוולד דרגה III

Translation: Mordechai Anielewicz, 1920-1943, member of Hashomer Hatzair, commander of the Jewish Combat Organization, leader of the Warsaw ghetto uprising; on May 8, 1943, took his own life together with the members of the staff in the command bunker that was surrounded by Germans; 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]