Obj. ID: 54621 Holocaust memorial plaque on the Synagogue in Biecz, Poland, 1998
Memorial name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Jews of Biech and the neighboring villages
Description
The plaque is located on the front wall of the former synagogue in Biecz. It is a black plaque with identical Polish and English inscriptions. A Magen David is carved at the top of the plaque. The inscriptions are divided by an image of barbed wire.
Inscriptions
Polish:
In memoriam
Dla upamiętnienia tragedii Żydowskich dzieci, kobiet i
mężczyzn z Biecza i okolic okrutnie prześladowanych i
wymordowanych przez hitlerowskich oprawców w latach
1939 – 1945
Tow. Żydów z Biecza w Nowym Jorku, 1998
English:
To the memory of the Jewish men, women, and children of
Biecz and the neighboring villages brutally persecuted
and murdered by the Nazis in 1939 – 1945
The Beitcher Society of New York, 1998
Commissioned by
Beitcher Society of New York
1 image(s) Items per page
Height 61 cm
On July 17, 1998, members of the Beitcher Society of New York affixed the plaque with the permission of the local authorities.
Holocaust survivors, including the son of the last rabbi of Biecz, local residents, and representatives of the authorities took part in the unveiling ceremony [Przybyłowicz].
Przybyłowicz, Kszysztof, Żydzi Biecza, historia i zagłada, p. 260.
"Synagoga Szul w Bieczu (Rynek 20),"
Virtual Shtetl (POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews), https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/node/82722.