Img. ID: 561135

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

Icchak Kacenelson 1886–1944 poeta, tworzył w językach hebrajskim i żydowskim, autor – „Pieśni o zamordowanym żydowskim narodzie.” Zginął w obozie Auschwitz–Oświęcim

Translation: Icchak Kacenelson, 1886–1944, poet, wrote in Hebrew and Yiddish, author of "Song of the Murdered Jewish People." Died in the Auschwitz-Oświęcim camp.

Hebrew

יצחק קצנלסון
1886 – 1944, משורר,
כתב בעברית וביידיש
מחבר "השיר של העם
היהודי שנהרג"
נספה באושוויץ

Translation: Itzhak Katzenelson, 1886–1944, poet, wrote in Hebrew and Yiddish, author of " Song of the Murdered Jewish People." Died in Auschwitz.

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]