Ghetto Victims Square
Plac Ofiar Getta
Exiting Kowalska Street and crossing Lubartowska Street, we reach Ghetto Victims Square (Plac Ofiar Getta), where the Monument to the Memory of the Ghetto Victims was unveiled in 1962. The monument is in the symbolic shape of a matzevah and bears a quote from “The Song of the Murdered Jewish People” by Yitzchak Katzenelson (1886-1944): “I am searching for my dead in every hill of ash”. Due to ongoing construction works in the square, the monument has been temporarily moved to Niecała Street. The monument is located close to the house at 3 Niecała Street, where the Jewish Humanities Gimnazjum and the Tarbut School were located before WWII, as well as one of the postwar shelters that helped Holocaust survivors begin life anew. The place comprised a night shelter, a school, a preschool and a day care centre. A sukkah, or a booth for the holiday of Sukkot, with removable roofing, can be seen at the nearby house at number 6.
As seen on
Lublin. Old Town. Jewish History Tour
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