Third Reunion - October 2009

- Częstochowa, Poland

Częstochowa Umschlagplatz

Tuesday, 20th October 2009

In 1942, around 40,000 Jews from our home city and its surrounds were transported from this site to the gas chambers of Treblinka. At this ceremony, a magnificant monument was unveiled – the monument being the creation of landsmann and sculptor, Samuel Willenberg z”l.

Photographs:
Jack Abramowicz, Zbigniew Burda, Shmuel Ben Eliezer, Jacky Goldman, Andrew Rajcher

During the monument dedication, former Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Meir Lau, a former inmate of HASAG-Pelcery, gave this address.

Video:
Yaakov Wasilewicz

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