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 Holocaust Commemorative Plaque, Auschwitz, Poland 

Photograph of the Holocaust Commemorative Plaque


The Inscription in the Judeo-Spanish language reads:

KE ESTE LUGAR, ANDE LOS NAZIS
EKSTERMINARON UN MILYON
I MEDYO DE OMBRES,
DE MUJERES I DE KRIATURAS,
LA MAS PARTE DJUDYOS
DE VARYOS PAYIZES DE LA EVROPA,
SEA PARA SYEMPRE,
PARA LA UMANIDAD,
UN GRITO DE DEZESPERO
I UNAS SINYALES

AUSCHWITZ – BIRKENAU
1940 – 1945


The Inscription in the English
language reads:

FOR EVER LET THIS BE
A CRY OF DESPAIR
AND A WARNING TO HUMANITY
WHERE THE NAZIS MURDERED
ABOUT ONE AND A HALF
MILLION
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
MAINLY JEWS
FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES
OF EUROPE

AUSCHWITZ – BIRKENAU
1940 – 1945


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