Obj. ID: 42728
Modern Jewish Art Willenberg, A Treblinka Prisoner Fighting in the Revolt of August 2, 1943 in the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Israel, 1980s(?)
Name
A prisoner of Treblinka, fighter in the revolt of August 2, 1943 - לוחם טרבלינקה לוחם במרד 2.8.1943
Who is Commemorated?
Partisipants of the revolt in Treblinka death camp
Description
Inscriptions
On the broken sign, in German:
SS Sonderkommando
TREBLINKA
distrikt Warschau
Translation: Special Command of SS, Treblinka, Warsaw district.
On the base of the sculpture, in Hebrew:
אסיר טרבלינקה לוחם
במרד 2.8.1943
Translation: A prisoner of Treblinka, fighter in the revolt of August 2, 1943.
On the piedestal, in Hebrew:
נתרם לבית הנשיא ע"י הפסל אסיר
ומורד טרבלינקה שמואל ווילנברג
Translation: Donated to the President's Residence by the sculptor, a prisoner and rebel of Treblinka, Shmuel Willenberg.
Commissioned by
Donated to the President's Residence by the sculptor.