Szmul Zygielbojm Monument

The Szmul Zygielbojm Monument is a memorial sculpture in Warsaw, Poland, placed at 6 Lewartowskiego Street, at the corner with Zamenhofa Street, within the neighbourhood of Muranów of the Downtown district.

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Type: Memorial
Description: monument dedicated to socialist politician in Warsaw, Poland
Also known as: “Szmul Zygielbojm” and “Szmul Zygielbojm Monument in Warsaw, Poland”
Inscription: “Milczeć nie mogę i żyć nie mogę, gdy giną resztki ludu żydowskiego w Polsce... / Szmul M. Zygielbojm 11 maja 1943 Londyn.”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews and Anielewicz Bunker.

Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews

Museum

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POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews is a museum dedicated to preserving and recalling the memory of the history of Jews in Poland. The museum is located on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto. Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews is situated 210 metres south of Szmul Zygielbojm Monument.

Anielewicz Bunker

Memorial

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The Anielewicz Bunker, also known as the Anielewicz Mound, was the headquarters and hidden shelter of the Jewish Combat Organization, a Jewish resistance group in the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland during the Nazi German occupation of World War II.

Monument to the Ghetto Heroes

Monument

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The Monument to the Ghetto Heroes is a monument in Warsaw, Poland, commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 during the Second World War. It is located in the area which was formerly a part of the Warsaw Ghetto, at the spot where the first armed clash of the uprising took place. Monument to the Ghetto Heroes is situated 180 metres south of Szmul Zygielbojm Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muranów and Muranów Południowy.

Muranów

Quarter

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Muranów is a neighbourhood in the districts of Śródmieście and Wola in central Warsaw, the capital of Poland. It was founded in the 17th century. The name is derived from the palace belonging to Simone Giuseppe Belotti, a Venetian architect, who originally came to Warsaw from the island of Murano.