Grave Adam Czerniakow
Adam Czerniakow was leader of the Jewish Council in the Warsaw ghetto. On 22 July 1942, he was informed by the Germans that the Jewish Council was to ensure the daily presence of 6,000 Jews at the Umslagplatz, the location from which the trains towards extermination camp Treblinka departed. Although it was not told that the Jews would be murdered, Czerniakow probably knew this. In any case, he ended his own life on 24 July, because he did not want to take responsibility for the deportations.
His grave is in the Jewish Powazki cemetery in Warsaw (Block 10, row 2). Apart from himself, his wife is also buried here.
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- Text: TracesOfWar
- Photos: Koos Winkelman
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