Serokomla - November 19, 2009 |
The school's headmaster, Tadeusz Drejka, welcomed the guests. Krzysztof Stępniak, Serokomla Commune Head, gave a speech about about the memory, identity and the common history of Poles and Jews who had lived together in the town before the war. Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka , the Undersecretary of State at the Chancellery of the President, issued a letter to participants of the meeting. She recalled the tragedy of Serokomla Jews. On 22 September 1942 the Nazis executed about 200 Jews. The murder was committed by the German 101st Police Battalion. Among the victims was a mother, brother and sisters of Marianna Adameczek (former Blima Kurcant). Today, as a living witness to history, she told her story to the students. She is the only survivor of her 9-member family. Zbigniew Nizinski from the Lasting Memory Foundation carried out a presentation on the Jewish history.
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