Żegota Monument
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
- Survivors' Park in Łódź, home to another monument dedicated to Żegota.
References edit
- ^ 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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