Polish Jews against righteous gentiles monument at ghetto site
Poland's Jewish community does not want a
planned monument to righteous gentiles to be erected near the Museum of the
History of Polish Jews.
The museum, which is due to open this
month, is located on the site of the Warsaw Ghetto.
"The community of Polish Jews will
never forget the heroism of people who, despite the threat of denunciation and
death, were ready to bring aid to victims of the Holocaust," wrote
representatives of the Jewish community in a statement released Thursday.
"We believe that this monument should not stand on the remains of those
who were not rescued."
Placing the monument to the Righteous Among
the Nations on the site of the former ghetto near the museum would narrow
Polish-Jewish history to the Holocaust, the Jewish leaders believe.
The statement was signed by Elzbieta
Magenheim, president of the Second Generation Association-Descendants of
Holocaust Survivors; Jan Spiewak, president of the Polish Jewish Youth
Organization; Piotr Wislicki, president of the Jewish Historical Institute
Association; and Piotr Kadlcik, president of
the Warsaw Jewish community.
The decision to build the monument is set
to be announced on April 19, on the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto
uprising. The decision on where to build the monument resides with the Warsaw
City Council.
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