Img. ID: 561081
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
Emanuel Ringelblum
1900 – 1944, historyk
członek Poalej Syjon – Lewicy
działacz społeczny założyciel
konspiracyjnego archiwum
getta od lata 1943 roku –
ukrywany przez Polaków
10 marca 1944 roku rozstrzelany
wraz z nimi na Pawiaku
Translation: Emanuel Ringelblum, 1900–1944, historian, member of Poale Zion Left, social activist, founder of the underground archive of the ghetto, from the summer of 1943 hidden by Poles, on March 10, 1944, shot with them in Pawiak [Prison]
Hebrew
עמנואל רינגלבלום
1900 – 1944, היסטוריון
חבר פועלי-ציון שמאל
איש ציבור מייסד הארכיון
המחתרתי בגטו ורשה
משנת 1943 הסתתר בין פולנים
ב-10 במרס 1944 נורה למוות
יחד עם מציליו
Translation: Emanuel Ringelblum, 1900 – 1944, historian, member of Poale Zion Left, social activist, founder of the underground archive in the Warsaw Ghetto, from 1943 hid himself among Poles, on March 10, 1944, shot together with his rescuers.
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]