Photographer’s Note
The Jewish cemetery at Okopowa street, Warsaw, was established in 1806 and functions until now. There are about 200,000 tombstones. Among them we find those of well-known Jews: Ludwik Zamenhof (1859-1917), a physician, author of the Esperanto language; Ester Rachel Kamińska (1870-1925), an actress;
The cemetery contains a symbolic grave of Janusz Korczak (Henryk Goldszmit, 1878- 1942) topped with a monument designed by M. Smorczewski in 1982.
The photo depicts the mausoleum of three writers Szymon An-ski (Salomon Zanwel Rapaport, 1863-1919), Icchak Lejb Perec (1852-1915) and Jakub Dinezon (1856-1919) sculpted by Abraham Ostrzega.
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Photo Information
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Copyright: Lili Segal (Lilisegal)
(52) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2004-10-05
- Categories: Architecture
- Camera: Olympus C4000z
- Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
- Travelogue: Poland, October 2004
- Theme(s): Cemeteries, Old Jewish Cemeteries, All Saints Cemeteries Poland Ukraine Hungary [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2004-12-28 4:20








