Photo Gallery: 2017 Poland Trip
Irena Sendler’s headstone
Irena Sendler’s grave in Powazki Cemetery in Warsaw, Poland
Placing flowers on Irena’s grave
The group waiting to see the tree under which Irena buried the jars
Marzanna Pogorzelska, Director of Lowell Milken Center – Europe, is leading the group to a back yard where Irena buried the jars under an apple tree
The tree Irena buried the jars under
Plaque on the apartment building where Irena Sendler lived from the 1930’s to 1943
Baby girl shoes made in Pawiak in 1943. Pawiak was designed to accommodate 1,000 inmates, but under German occupation during the war, they house three times that many
Touring the memorabilia in the Pawiak Prison, which is currently a museum
Outside of Pawiak Prison Museum
Beautiful statement in the History of Polish Jews Museum
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Memorial, located outside the History of Polish Jews Museum
Umschlagplatz, the train station where the Jews were taken from the Warsaw Ghetto to the death camp at Treblinka
Umschlagplatz, the train station where the Jews were taken from the Warsaw Ghetto to the death camp at Trebklina
Inside of the Umschlagplatz Memorial
Memorial outlining the area of the Warsaw Ghetto
Original piece of building from the Warsaw Ghetto
Visiting Mila 18, the site of the bunker where the fighters had their last stand in the Warsaw Ghetto
Group headed to dinner one evening in downtown Warsaw
Nozyk Jewish Synagogue
Nozyk Jewish Synagogue that was in the Warsaw Ghetto. It was built in the 19th century and was the only remaining synagogue after the war. Ironically, the Germans used this building as a stable for their horses
Dean Willows & Judy Saenz donating funds to the Children of the Holocaust, receiving the check is Norm Conard, Elzbieta Ficowska (saved by Irena), and Kinga Krzeminska (last translator of Irena)
Visiting the street named after Irena
