Sobienie Jeziory 2007
Today: Poland, in 1918 - 1939 Poland. Pre 1914 Russia, pre 1795 Poland
Date: 2007
Photograph: Tomek Wi¶niewski
Email: bagnowka@yahoo.pl
The broken candles tipped downwards are the symbol of death. A hand inserting a coin into a collection tin symbolizes the charitableness of the deceased.
Here lies. My eye my eye run down with water for the death of my
beloved mother, a woman important and young in days, Mrs. Dina daughter
of our teacher Hersh Tzvi [Zwi,Cwi], died 18 to the month of ?
in the year 56??....[the remainder is missing] Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
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