Rachel Swierc née Galek
Rachel Swierc née Galek is a memorial in Lille, North, Hauts-de-France. Rachel Swierc née Galek is situated nearby to the post office Relais La Poste, as well as near Enseigne en Pierre Sculptée Représentant Saint-Nicaise.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gare de Lille Flandres and Maison, rue Gustave Delory 50, Lille.
Gare de Lille Flandres
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lille-Flandres station is the main railway station of Lille, capital of French Flanders. It is a terminus for SNCF Intercity and regional trains. It opened in 1842 as the Gare de Lille, but was renamed in 1993 when Lille Europe station opened. Gare de Lille Flandres is situated 330 metres northeast of Rachel Swierc née Galek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porte de Tournai and Euralille.
Euralille
Suburb
Euralille is an urban quarter in the centre of Lille, France. Conceived as a major European business district in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it is strategically located at the intersection of the high-speed railway lines linking Paris, Brussels, and London, and incorporates the Gare de Lille Europe and Gare de Lille Flandres railway stations.
Vieux-Lille
Suburb
Vieux-Lille is a district in the north of Lille. It is the district with the most pre-19th-century buildings. It still boasts many cobbled streets and traces of the canals that crisscrossed the city in centuries gone by. It is home to 20,000 inhabitants.
Rachel Swierc née Galek
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Ici habitait Rachel Swierc née Galek 1897 arrêtée 1943 internée Malines déportée 1943 Auschwitz-Birkenau assassinée 10.4.1943”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Lille, Arrondissement of Lille, North, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.63384° or 50° 38′ 2″ northLongitude
3.06803° or 3° 4′ 5″ eastInception
June 11th, 2026Open location code
9F25J3M9+G6OpenStreetMap ID
node 13935700444OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Relais La Poste and Enseigne en Pierre Sculptée Représentant Saint-Nicaise.
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