Unearthed Tombstone of Grandafther Isaac Joseph Goldfarb
Discovered in the courtyard of former Gestapo HQ during Nazi occupation. Stone lay on grounds for 56 years.
Inscription: “Here lies a pious elder, who walked in the paths of God and derived pleasure from the work of his hands.”
“May his memory be forever a blessing. Born in Staszow, 1844. Died 1932.”
Returning stone to Jewish Cemetery in Staszow
Izak Josef Goldfarb outside his home in his 88th year, 1932
Grandfather’s Stone Reerected in May 1999
Tillie (Toba Beila) Author’s Mother was born and raised in the Wolman Family on this site.
24 Rytwiaska Gorna
Tillie (Toba Beila) Author’s Mother was born and raised in the Wolman Family on this site.
24 Rytwiaska Gorna
At Staszow Railroad Station
With Righteous Rescuers Czeslawa Imolek and her daughter Marjanna; they hid Leon Weinstein in their home for several years to escape the Nazi army
Eduard Sitarski and his wife who saved many Jews during WW II
Author’s Mother’s Home
Zofia Tarnowska Holocaust Artist
Anna Orlowska, Polish Underground Fighter
Leokadia Kawalec (center front left). As a 16 year old, she helped her family hide eight Jewish people in the barn of her farm
Ages-old Market Square of Staszow Built in Fifteenth Century Center of Town Life, from here the 5000 Jews of Staszow were taken to their tragic destiny. This photo was taken from the site of the house where the author’s family lived.
Surviving Torah of Last Staszow Synagogue
Sczuczin Rail Line to Belzec, Deportation Route of Staszow Jews 8th Nov 1942
Tombstone with Mysterious Hole
Staszow’s School Children Mark 60th Anniversary Ceremony of Deportation
Author Examining Reset of Recovered Tombstones
Main Memorial Monument in Staszow Cemetery
Memorial Plaque installed on site of Stasow’s main synagogue
Memorial Plaque at entrance gate to ancient Jewish cemetery of Staszow
leokadia dajtrowski-kawalec of Rytwiany village near Stazow. She and her parents saved the lives of eight Jews of Staszow by hiding them in a barn for more than 2 years
Ulica Boznice- Synagogue Street – in background on the right was the site of Jewish Cemetery. Main Synagogue was located on this street, giving it its Yiddish name.
Ulica Koscielna (Church Street) main Catholic church at end of street dates back to 1345 AD
Milk Cans in Which Ringelblum Diaries were Buried. Historian Emanuel Ringelblum and others recorded daily ghetto events in great detail. These cans and their contents were found and dug up after the war.
In Warsaw Jewish Museum. Partial list of Christian Poles killed by Nazis for aiding Jews in WWII.
Posing with niece Judie Elkins, who accompanied author to Staszow in May 1988
Grim Entrance of Auschwitz/Oswiecim concentration camp. sign says “Arbeit Macht Frei.” “Work makes freedom.”
Double rows of electrified barbed wire
Ghastly pile of Zyklon B poison gas containers used to mass-murder the Jews
Harrowing mountain of victims’ shoes
Wadowice birthplace of Pope John Paul II, plaque says Karol Jozef Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II lived here from birth to eighteen years
Memorial Stone to Janusz Korczak and the children who perished him with at Treblinka
Bleak field of jagged stones at Treblinka
Maria Sczczechinska, “Righteous Gentile who gave 15 Jews sanctuary for two years in basement of her home. all survived.
Five children of widow Maria, who helped her conceal the fifteen Jews in Staszow. (Photo taken 1930)
Frederic Chopin’s Home/Music Room
Warsaw Ghetto Destruction
Palace of Culture and Science, Gift from Joseph Stalin (in exchange for Polish coal mines)
