Szmul Zygielbojm Monument in Warsaw, Poland, Memorial stele in Lewartowskiego Street, Warsaw, Poland.
The monument is a stone stele on Lewartowskiego Street that honors Szmul Zygielbojm, a Jewish activist and politician who served in the Polish parliament. Inscriptions on the memorial mark his life and political advocacy for his people.
Zygielbojm was a member of the Sejm and died in 1943 as a protest against the genocide of Jews during World War II. The memorial itself was erected in 1997 to preserve his legacy and courage.
The memorial serves as a gathering place where visitors leave flowers and pause to honor Jewish history and those lost during the Holocaust.
The memorial stands on a public street and is easy to reach year-round, especially when visiting other historical sites nearby. The location is in an area with good pedestrian navigation.
The memorial is part of a series of 16 guided routes exploring significant places in Warsaw's Jewish history. These routes connect individual monuments into a broader story about the city's past.
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