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[[File:Pomnik Żegoty w Warszawie.jpg|thumb|The Żegota Monument]]
''' Żegota Monument in Warsaw''' is a stone monument dedicated to the [[Żegota]] organization which was dedicated to the [[rescue of Jews in Poland|rescue of Jews]] during [[The Holocaust in Poland]]. It has an inscription in Hebrew, Polish and English summarizing the story of Żegota.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> It is located on the in the [[Muranów]] neighborhood in [[Warsaw]], Poland, near the [[Monument to the Ghetto Heroes]] and the [[POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews]].<ref name=":0"> Polscy Sprawiedliwi|url=https://sprawiedliwi.org.pl/en/news/17th-anniversary-zegota-monument-unveiling|access-date=2020-07-27|website=sprawiedliwi.org.pl}}</ref><ref name=":1"> Virtual Shtetl|url=https://sztetl.org.pl/en/towns/w/18-warszawa/116-sites-of-martyrdom/52023-zegota-memorial-zamenhofa-street|access-date=2020-07-27|website=sztetl.org.pl}}</ref><ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
The inscription on the monument reads: "Relief Council For Jews 1942 Żegota 1945. The organization established by the [[Polish Underground State]] to rescue Jews of the Holocaust. It was the only such organization in [[German-occupied Europe]] which was sponsored and funded by its [[Government in exile|government-in-exile]]."<ref></ref>
The monument, financed by the American [[Polonia]], was designed by and .<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>Encyklopedia Warszawy. Suplement '96. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1996, p. 36. ISBN 83-01-12057-6.</ref> It was unveiled on 27 September 1995 by [[Władysław Bartoszewski]], at that time the last surviving member of Żegota.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> During the opening ceremony, prayers were offered by Warsaw Chief Rabbi and Bishop [[Stanisław Gądecki|Stanislaw Gadecki]].<ref name=":2" /> Other attendees included the ambassadors of Israel and the United States, and activist .<ref name=":2" />
The monument was placed next to an [[oak]] tree, planted in 1988 to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the [[Warsaw Ghetto Uprising]].<ref>Wiesław Głębocki: Warszawskie pomniki. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo PTTK "Kraj", 1990, p. 99. ISBN 83-7005-211-8.</ref>
During commemorations and events related to the remembrance of the the rescue of Jews during Holocaust in Poland, flowers are laid at the monument.<ref> Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich POLIN w Warszawie|url=https://www.polin.pl/en/news/2016/12/16/74th-anniversary-of-establishment-of-zegota-our-polish-righteous|access-date=2020-07-27|website=www.polin.pl}}</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>
==See also==
*[[Survivors' Park in Łódź]] where another monument dedicated to Żegota is located
==References==
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Warsaw]]
[[Category:1995 establishments in Poland]]
[[Category:Holocaust memorials in Poland]]
[[Category:1995 sculptures]]
[[Category:Rescue of Jews by Poles in occupied Poland in 1939-1945]]
''' Żegota Monument in Warsaw''' is a stone monument dedicated to the [[Żegota]] organization which was dedicated to the [[rescue of Jews in Poland|rescue of Jews]] during [[The Holocaust in Poland]]. It has an inscription in Hebrew, Polish and English summarizing the story of Żegota.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> It is located on the in the [[Muranów]] neighborhood in [[Warsaw]], Poland, near the [[Monument to the Ghetto Heroes]] and the [[POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews]].<ref name=":0"> Polscy Sprawiedliwi|url=https://sprawiedliwi.org.pl/en/news/17th-anniversary-zegota-monument-unveiling|access-date=2020-07-27|website=sprawiedliwi.org.pl}}</ref><ref name=":1"> Virtual Shtetl|url=https://sztetl.org.pl/en/towns/w/18-warszawa/116-sites-of-martyrdom/52023-zegota-memorial-zamenhofa-street|access-date=2020-07-27|website=sztetl.org.pl}}</ref><ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
The inscription on the monument reads: "Relief Council For Jews 1942 Żegota 1945. The organization established by the [[Polish Underground State]] to rescue Jews of the Holocaust. It was the only such organization in [[German-occupied Europe]] which was sponsored and funded by its [[Government in exile|government-in-exile]]."<ref></ref>
The monument, financed by the American [[Polonia]], was designed by and .<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>Encyklopedia Warszawy. Suplement '96. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1996, p. 36. ISBN 83-01-12057-6.</ref> It was unveiled on 27 September 1995 by [[Władysław Bartoszewski]], at that time the last surviving member of Żegota.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> During the opening ceremony, prayers were offered by Warsaw Chief Rabbi and Bishop [[Stanisław Gądecki|Stanislaw Gadecki]].<ref name=":2" /> Other attendees included the ambassadors of Israel and the United States, and activist .<ref name=":2" />
The monument was placed next to an [[oak]] tree, planted in 1988 to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the [[Warsaw Ghetto Uprising]].<ref>Wiesław Głębocki: Warszawskie pomniki. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo PTTK "Kraj", 1990, p. 99. ISBN 83-7005-211-8.</ref>
During commemorations and events related to the remembrance of the the rescue of Jews during Holocaust in Poland, flowers are laid at the monument.<ref> Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich POLIN w Warszawie|url=https://www.polin.pl/en/news/2016/12/16/74th-anniversary-of-establishment-of-zegota-our-polish-righteous|access-date=2020-07-27|website=www.polin.pl}}</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>
==See also==
*[[Survivors' Park in Łódź]] where another monument dedicated to Żegota is located
==References==
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Warsaw]]
[[Category:1995 establishments in Poland]]
[[Category:Holocaust memorials in Poland]]
[[Category:1995 sculptures]]
[[Category:Rescue of Jews by Poles in occupied Poland in 1939-1945]]
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