Plaque Unveiling at the Site of the Former Częstochowa Jewish High School
Source: Alon Goldman, Asia Sidorowicz, Marcin Bocian
Today, a memorial plaque was unveiled at the entrance to the former Częstochowa Jewish Gymnazjum (High School), now the home of the C. K. Norwid IX Comprehensive High School.
Thank-you to the high school director, Krzysztof Wachowiak, for his positive response and to our friend, Marcin Bocian, for his support and assistance in everything related to the preparation and installation of the plaque.
The English text (also in Polish and Hebrew) on the plaque reads:
This building housed the Częstochowa Jewish Gymazjum (High School). It was built between 1935 and 1937 at the initiative of the Jewish High Schools Association and was the pride of the Częstochowa Jewish community.
It was open to students for only one year.
In 1939, the German occupation authorities took over the building and converted it into the “Employment Office (Arbeitsamt)” and an early Temporary Detention Camp for residents of Częstochowa and the surrounding area, who were sent to the German Reich as forced labourers after they had been caught.
