Białystok 03a
Today: Poland, in 1918 - 1939 Poland. Pre 1914 Russia, pre 1795 Poland
Date: 2011
Photograph: Tomek Wi¶niewski
Email: bagnowka@yahoo.pl
A memorial for the soul of a man who was killed in the pogroms. Mr. Yehusua Falek (Moshe) son of Zev Hemelnik, on 22 Sivan 5666 [19 June 1906]
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life. [The following is an acrostic poem spelling the name of the deceased]. A day of doom and darkness, and also a cry of despair, a day of slaughter and murder, we'll shed a lot of tears on the grave of our beloved son who was buried here for eternity!! Now, when we place a headstone on his grave, we’ll shed tears again like water as we remember our crisis, and we’ll add to our sadness, we’ll not know comfort under the sky!! We’ll carry with lamentation and weeping here in the wilderness, we ‘ll shed tears when we see our son’s headstone, we’ll shout Oh my God! on the face of the earth, let us remember those who were slain in the pogroms. (smages@comcast.net)
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