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This plaque commemorates 34 Polish victims of a street execution that was carried out at this location by the German occupiers of Warsaw on 2nd December 1943....
Tchorek plaques: stillunusual.tumblr.com/post/160904663281/tchorek-plaque
This was the original southwest corner of the ghetto. One of its 22 gates stood here and operated from 16th November 1940 to 20th January 1941....
Warsaw Ghetto boundary markers: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_boundary_markers
Marsz Pamięci
A ceremony of remembrance is held every year on 5th August at the Monument to Victims of the Wola Massacre (In Polish: "Pomnik Ofiar Rzezi Woli"), which is located in a small square ("Skwer Pamięci") near the intersection of Solidarity Avenue (Aleja Solidarności) and Leszno Street in Warsaw.
The ceremony is followed by a memorial march to Warsaw Insurgents Cemetery....
The Wola massacre: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wola_massacre
The poster “Konstytucja” was created in 2016 by Luka Rayski, a designer and illustrator, at the request of the Democracy Illustrated (Demokracja Ilustrowana) art project. In Polish, “Konstytucja” means “Constitution”. The emboldened “TY” means “you” and “JA” means “me”. White and red are the colours of the Polish national flag.
I saw this guy in a little vehicle which had the Kosciesza coat of arms on the side. After introducing myself and showing him my Kosciesza signet ring, he showed me his.
We must be distant relatives....
The memorial includes a surviving fragment of the wall of the Franaszek factory that once stood at 41/45 Wolska Street.
On 5th August 1944 the Germans and their collaborators murdered about 1000 of the factory's employees and local residents of Warsaw's Wola district who had taken shelter inside the factory.
During the next two weeks several thousand more people were herded into the factory and murdered, after which their bodies were burned in huge bonfires. The total number of people killed here is estimated at beween 4 and 6 thousand....
The Wola massacre: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wola_massacre
Tchorek plaques: stillunusual.tumblr.com/post/160904663281/tchorek-plaque
Every year at 5pm on 1st August - "W" hour - Warsaw comes to a standstill in tribute to those who fought and died in the Warsaw Uprising....
A ceremony of remembrance is held every year on 5th August at the Monument to Victims of the Wola Massacre (In Polish: "Pomnik Ofiar Rzezi Woli"), which is located in a small square ("Skwer Pamięci") near the intersection of Solidarity Avenue (Aleja Solidarności) and Leszno Street in Warsaw.
The Wola massacre: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wola_massacre
8/3/2015
On 13th January 2015, Artur Piotr Ruszel was hit by a car close to this spot on Upper Brook Street while riding his bike. He died from his injuries later that day.
This ghost bike was installed here in his memory a month later. Ghost bikes are bikes that are painted white and placed at the location where a cyclist was killed or fatally injured....