The Żegota Monument is a stone monument dedicated to the Żegota organization, which rescued Jews during the Holocaust in Poland. [1] It is on Anielewicza Street in Warsaw in the Muranów neighborhood of Warsaw, Poland, near the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes and the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. [2] [1] [3]
Description
The monument has an inscription in three languages ( Hebrew, Polish and English) summarizing the story of Żegota (the organization is also known as the Council to Aid Jews with the Government Delegation for Poland). [2] [1] The inscription reads: "Relief Council For Jews 1942 Żegota 1945. The organization established by the Polish Underground State to rescue Jews of the Holocaust. It was the only such organization in German-occupied Europe which was sponsored and funded by its government-in-exile." [4]
Unveiling
The monument, financed by the American Polonia, was designed by architects Hanna Szmalenberg and Marek Moderau. [2] [1] [5] It was unveiled on 27 September 1995 by Władysław Bartoszewski, at that time the last surviving member of Żegota. [2] [1] During the opening ceremony, prayers were offered by Warsaw Chief Rabbi Pinchas Menachem Joskowicz and Bishop Stanislaw Gadecki. [3] Other attendees included the ambassadors of Israel and the United States, and Polish-Jewish activist Arnold Mostowicz. [3]
The monument was placed next to an oak tree, planted in 1988 to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. [6]
During commemorations and events related to the remembrance of the rescue of Jews during Holocaust in Poland, flowers are laid at the monument. [7] [8] [9]
See also
- Survivors' Park in Łódź, home to another monument dedicated to Żegota.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Zegota Memorial (Zamenhofa Street)". Virtual Shtetl. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
- ^ a b c d "17th Anniversary of the "Żegota" Monument Unveiling". Polscy Sprawiedliwi. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
- ^ a b c "Monument Unveiled in Warsaw to Honor Poles Who Saved Jews". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1995-09-28. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
- ^ "Miejsca Pamięci". Muzeum Getta Warszawskiego (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-07-27.
- ^ Encyklopedia Warszawy. Suplement '96. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1996, p. 36. ISBN 83-01-12057-6.
- ^ Wiesław Głębocki: Warszawskie pomniki. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo PTTK "Kraj", 1990, p. 99. ISBN 83-7005-211-8.
- ^ "74th Anniversary of establishment of "Żegota" & our Polish Righteous website goes online | Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich POLIN w Warszawie". www.polin.pl. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
- ^ Narodowej, Instytut Pamięci. "IPN oddaje hołd Polakom ratującym Żydów pod okupacją niemiecką". Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-07-27.
- ^ "Oficjalna strona Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej / Aktualności / Wydarzenia / Narodowy Dzień Pamięci Polaków ratujących Żydów pod okupacją niemiecką". www.prezydent.pl. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
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