The ceremony was led by Częstochowa TSKŻ Chair Izabela Sobańska-Kleklowska.

Those present included  Częstochowa Deputy Mayor, Ryszard Stefaniak, Częstochowa Museum Director, Katarzyna Ozimek, Director of the Częstochowa Museum, Director of the Częstochowa Regional Cultural Centre Director, Małgorzata Majer-Sęstowska, directors and professors of Częstochowa schools with banners, students from secondary schools, primary schools and pre-schoolers came in large numbers.Also present were members of the Old Town-New Life Partnership, the President of the Adullam Christian Foundation, the Pastor of the Word of Faith Church, the Democratic Association of the Republic of Poland, the city guard, the media, representatives of the Polish Army Soldiers’ Association, Museum employees, members of the Jewish community gathered in the TSKŻ and the Descendants of the Righteous.

All those gathered commemorated the victims of the ghetto with a minute of silence, followed by the laying of flowers, lighting of candles and placing traditionally symbolic stones at the monument..