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Treblinka Death Camp
Treblinka Death...
Memorial
Memorial...
Memorial
Memorial...

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Remnants of old gravestones. At background Faingoild grave
Remnants of old...
General view
General view...
Hersh  Yodik Feingold - inscription in Yiddish
Hersh Yodik Fe...
Inscription  ? ? Wegrow
Inscription ? ...
...he will be remembered with honor! [Yiddish]
...he will be r...
Here lies a man upright and honest,
set time for the Torah,
nagotiated with trust, Naftali Hertz son of Meir Mordechai.  Died 15th Iyyar 5648 [26 April 1888].
May his soul be bound in the bond of life.
Here lies a man...
"Here lies the perfect and upright man, a God-fearing prominent scholar [remainder unclear]."

Translated by Heidi M. Szpek, Ph.D. (szpekh@cwu.edu), Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926

Translation of inscriptions is a work in progress and may be updated periodically.  Copyright of translations is held by the translator(s) as noted.  All are welcome to benefit from these translations but full reproduction is not permitted without written permission of the translator(s).
"Here lies the ...
A double stone. On the right – A man upright and honest, God-fearing,
our teacher and rabbi Zev son of ? died
? Iyar 5606?  On the left – A woman, God-fearing, Ms.
Sara daughter of our teacher and rabbi Zev
Died 5 Elul in the year 5608?
A double stone....
A double stone. On the right – A man upright and honest, God-fearing,
our teacher and rabbi Zev son of ? died
? Iyar 5606?  On the left – A woman, God-fearing, Ms.
Sara daughter of our teacher and rabbi Zev
Died 5 Elul in the year 5608?
A double stone....
? Grave.  "The modest and proper woman among women, God-fearing, our precious mother Chavah daughter of Yehudah Leib of blessed memory."

Translated by Heidi M. Szpek, Ph.D. (szpekh@cwu.edu), Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926
? Grave. "The ...
Broken candles tipped downwards are the symbol of death, of the light of life being extinguished.
Broken candles ...
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