In 1942, around 40,000 Jews from our home city and its surrounds were transported from this site to the gas chambers of Treblinka. At this ceremony, a magnificant monument was unveiled – the monument being the creation of landsmann and sculptor, Samuel Willenberg z”l.

During the monument dedication, former Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Meir Lau, a former inmate of HASAG-Pelcery, gave this address.