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| ==Monument== | ==Monument== | ||
| On 18 April 1988, on the eve of the 45th anniversary of the outbreak of ], a stone monument resembling an open freight car was unveiled to mark the ''Umschlagplatz''. The inscription on four commemorative plaques in Polish, ], English and ] reads: | |||
| ''Along this path of suffering and death over 300 000 Jews were driven in 1942-1943 from the Warsaw Ghetto to the gas chambers of the Nazi exterminantion camps.'' | ''Along this path of suffering and death over 300 000 Jews were driven in 1942-1943 from the Warsaw Ghetto to the gas chambers of the Nazi exterminantion camps.'' | ||
| 400 most popular Jewish-Polish first names, in alphabetical order from Aba to Żanna, were engraved on the monument, each one commemorating 1,000 victims of the Warsaw Ghetto. The gate is surmounted by a |
400 most popular Jewish-Polish first names, in alphabetical order from Aba to Żanna, were engraved on the monument, each one commemorating 1,000 victims of the Warsaw Ghetto. The gate is surmounted by a ] grave stone (donated by the government and society of ]) with a motive of shattered forest - a symbol of the exterminantion of the Jewish nation. | ||
| The selection and sequence of colours of the monument (white with the black strip on the front wall) refer to the Jewish ritual clothing<ref>Wiesław Głębocki, ''Warszawskie pomniki'', Wydawnictwo PTTK "Kraj", Warszawa 1990, p. 108</ref>. | The selection and sequence of colours of the monument (white with the black strip on the front wall) refer to the Jewish ritual clothing<ref>Wiesław Głębocki, ''Warszawskie pomniki'', Wydawnictwo PTTK "Kraj", Warszawa 1990, p. 108</ref>. | ||
| The monument was created by architect Hanna Szmalenberg and sculptor Władysław Klamerus. | The monument was created by architect Hanna Szmalenberg and sculptor Władysław Klamerus. It replaced a commemorative plaque unveiled in late 1940s. | ||
| In 2002 the monument site and the adjacent school buildings were listed in the Register of Historic Monuments<ref> Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa, p. 47, Retrieved 11 August 2012</ref>. | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 14:18, 11 August 2012
In the Holocaust, the Umschlagplatz (Template:Lang-de) in the Warsaw Ghetto was where Jews gathered for deportation to the Treblinka extermination camp.
During the Grossaktion Warsaw, beginning on July 22, 1942, Jews were deported in crowded freight cars to Treblinka. On some days as many as 10,000 Jews were deported. An estimated 300,000 Jews were taken to the Treblinka gas chambers, and some sources describe it as the largest killing of any single community in World War II. The deportations ended on September 21, 1942.
The Umschlagplatz was created by fencing off a western part of the Warszawa Gdańska freight train station that was adjacent to the ghetto. The area was surrounded by a wooden fence, replaced later by a wall. Railway buildings and installations on the site as well as a former homeless shelter and a hospital were converted to the prisoner selection facility. The rest of the train station served its normal function for the rest of the city during the deportations.
Monument
On 18 April 1988, on the eve of the 45th anniversary of the outbreak of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a stone monument resembling an open freight car was unveiled to mark the Umschlagplatz. The inscription on four commemorative plaques in Polish, Yiddish, English and Hebrew reads:
Along this path of suffering and death over 300 000 Jews were driven in 1942-1943 from the Warsaw Ghetto to the gas chambers of the Nazi exterminantion camps.
400 most popular Jewish-Polish first names, in alphabetical order from Aba to Żanna, were engraved on the monument, each one commemorating 1,000 victims of the Warsaw Ghetto. The gate is surmounted by a syenite grave stone (donated by the government and society of Sweden) with a motive of shattered forest - a symbol of the exterminantion of the Jewish nation.
The selection and sequence of colours of the monument (white with the black strip on the front wall) refer to the Jewish ritual clothing.
The monument was created by architect Hanna Szmalenberg and sculptor Władysław Klamerus. It replaced a commemorative plaque unveiled in late 1940s.
In 2002 the monument site and the adjacent school buildings were listed in the Register of Historic Monuments.
References
- Wiesław Głębocki, Warszawskie pomniki, Wydawnictwo PTTK "Kraj", Warszawa 1990, p. 108
- Rejestr zabytów nieruchomych - Warszawa Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa, p. 47, Retrieved 11 August 2012
See also
- Oyneg Shabbos chroniclers of the Warsaw Ghetto led by Emanuel Ringelblum
Bibliography
- Bernard Goldstein. Five Years in the Warsaw Ghetto. Dolphin, Doubleday. New York, 1961
- Emanuel Ringelblum. Kronika getta warszawskiego wrzesień 1939 - styczeń 1943. Warszawa 1988.
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