"Maceva of Remembrance" in Konstancin-Jeziorna
On Wednesday, June 25, at the Armii Krajowej roundabout in Konstancin-Jeziorna, we officially unveiled the "Matzeva of Remembrance" monument commemorating the Jews of Jeziorna, Konstancin, and the surrounding area murdered during World War II. The commemoration was jointly unveiled by Dr. Katarzyna Person, director of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum; Dr. Mateusz Szpytma, Deputy President of the Institute of National Remembrance; and Michał Wiśniewski, Mayor of Konstancin-Jeziorna. A prayer for the deceased was offered by Rabbi Shai Welfeld and Rev. Canon Jacek Dzikowski, vice-dean of the Konstancin deanery. […]
These were the sounds of war – Białystok Jews under occupation before the establishment of the ghetto
"At 4 a.m. on Sunday, June 22, 1941, Białystok awoke to the cacophony of explosions. People opened their doors and gasped with terror. The city was under attack from the air. All this was real; war had broken out again!"—this is how Rafael Rajzner, one of Białystok's surviving Jews, recalled the first hours of the German attack on the Soviet Union. A new chapter in the history of this community in the city was beginning. On the eve of the new occupation In the days preceding the outbreak […]