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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.

Inscription

Polish

Icchak Nyssenbaum
1868-1942, rabin.
Przywódca
religijno-syjonistycznego
stronnictwa Mizrachi
w Polsce, członek ruchu
konspiracyjnego
w getcie warszawskim;
zamordowany w Treblince

Translation: Icchak Nyssenbaum 1868-1942, rabbi. Leader of the religious Zionist party Mizrachi in Poland, member of the underground movement in the Warsaw Ghetto; murdered in Treblinka.

Hebrew

הרב יצחק ניסנבוים
1868 – 1942
מנהיג החזית הדתית-ציונית
מזרחי בפולין,
חבר המחתרת בגטו ורשה.
נרצח בטרבלינקה

Translation: Isaac Nissenbaum 1868-1942, rabbi. Leader of the religious Zionist Front Mizrachi in Poland, member of the underground movement in the Warsaw Ghetto; murdered in Treblinka.

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]