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Warsaw

Saturday, 13 August
Hotel Hampton Bar. First get together
Hotel Hampton Bar. First get together

Hotel Hampton Bar. First get together.

Sunday, 14 August

Walking tour Old Town Warsaw.

Open-air piano concert in Lazienki Park
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Open-air piano concert in Lazienki Park.

Monday, 15 August
Walking tour through former Jewish ghetto in Warsaw
Walking tour through former Jewish ghetto in Warsaw
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Walking tour through former Jewish ghetto in Warsaw
Walking tour through former Jewish ghetto in Warsaw
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Walking tour through former Jewish ghetto in Warsaw.
Nozyk Synagogue.

Group visit to Polin Museum
Group visit to Polin Museum
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Group visit to Polin Museum
Group visit to Polin Museum
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Group visit to Polin Museum.
Lecture by Marian Turski, survivor from Lodz and Auschwitz camp.
Talk with Child of the Holocaust representative, Barbara?Schmid.

Belchatow

Tuesday, 16 August
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Belchatow: Walking throuh the old town.

Visiting the regional museum and its Judaica collection.
Visiting the regional museum and its Judaica collection.
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Visiting the regional museum and its Judaica collection.
Visiting the regional museum and its Judaica collection.

Visiting the regional museum and its Judaica collection.

Trip to the former shtetl Szczercow (cemetery)
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Trip to the former shtetl Szczercow (cemetery)

Trip to the former shtetl Szczercow (cemetery).

Trip to the former shtetl Widawa (cemetery)
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Trip to the former shtetl Widawa (cemetery).

Welcome dinner in Hotel Santin (Belchatow) with Mr. Polita?ski, vice-mayor
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Welcome dinner in Hotel Santin (Belchatow) with Mr. Polita?ski, vice-mayor
Welcome dinner in Hotel Santin (Belchatow) with Mr. Polita?ski, vice-mayor

Welcome dinner in Hotel Santin (Belchatow) with Mr. Politański, vice-mayor.

Wednesday, 17 August
Bus trip to Chelmno (Kulmhof) extermination camp.
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Bus trip to Chelmno (Kulmhof) extermination camp.
Bus trip to Chelmno (Kulmhof) extermination camp.
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Bus trip to Chelmno (Kulmhof) extermination camp.
Bus trip to Chelmno (Kulmhof) extermination camp.

Bus trip to Chelmno (Kulmhof) extermination camp. Guided tour of museum. Commemoration ceremony at the Belchatow monument.

Lecture by Scott about genealogy
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Lecture by Scott about genealogy
Lecture by Scott about genealogy

Lecture by Scott about genealogy research and exhange of information about Belchatower families.

Thursday, 18 August
Commemoration event at Narutowicza Square
Commemoration event at Narutowicza Square
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Commemoration event at Narutowicza Square
Commemoration event at Narutowicza Square
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Commemoration event at Narutowicza Square
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Commemoration event at Narutowicza Square, opposite the site of the former synagogue. Speeches by Andrzej Selerowicz, Avi Rozental, and the Mayor of Belchatow, Marola Czechowska.
Playing of the national anthems of Poland and Israel by the town band.
Laying of flowers.

Saying Kaddish at the Jewish cemetery in Belchatow
Saying Kaddish at the Jewish cemetery in Belchatow
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Saying Kaddish at the Jewish cemetery in Belchatow
Saying Kaddish at the Jewish cemetery in Belchatow
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Saying Kaddish at the Jewish cemetery in Belchatow
Saying Kaddish at the Jewish cemetery in Belchatow
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Saying Kaddish at the Jewish cemetery in Belchatow
Saying Kaddish at the Jewish cemetery in Belchatow
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Saying Kaddish at the Jewish cemetery in Belchatow
Saying Kaddish at the Jewish cemetery in Belchatow
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Saying Kaddish at the Jewish cemetery in Belchatow
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Saying Kaddish at the Jewish cemetery in Belchatow with representatives of the Jewish community in Lodz.
Afterwards information about the plans for the cemetery and renovation of the tombstones.
Followed by farewell lunch.

Open-air concert of Jewish music at town center.
Open-air concert of Jewish music at town center.
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Open-air concert of Jewish music at town center.
Open-air concert of Jewish music at town center.
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Open-air concert of Jewish music at town center.
Open-air concert of Jewish music at town center.

Open-air concert of Jewish music at town center.

pupils (volunteers) from the local school read out the names
pupils (volunteers) from the local school read out the names
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pupils (volunteers) from the local school read out the names
pupils (volunteers) from the local school read out the names

After the concert, pupils (volunteers) from the local school read out the names of the 600 Jewish children from Belchatow who were murdered in the Holocaust.

member of the group lit candles
member of the group lit candles
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member of the group lit candles
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After the concert, member of the group lit candles in the shape of a Star of David in front of the commemoration plaque.

Friday, 19 August
Visit to Jewish cemetery in Lodz
Visit to Jewish cemetery in Lodz
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Visit to Jewish cemetery in Lodz
Visit to Jewish cemetery in Lodz

Visit to Jewish cemetery in Lodz, including viewing the remains of the matzevot (tombstones) from Belchatow.

a visit to the Radegast Station museum
a visit to the Radegast Station museum

The final event was a visit to the Radegast Station museum from where the trains from the ghetto Lodz departed to Auschwitz and Chelmno.

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The organizers: Andrzej, Ewa, and John.