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Translated from Hebrew by Mr. Yuval Romano. Fifty-one years have passed since my feet last stepped on the soil of Siedlce, and me – a grown man, dreams of this city by almost every night. Especially in the past year, after my cousin Ephraim, a man over the seventy years old, who’ve Never seen Siedlce since was born in the United States. All […]

In October 2008, a group of Siedlcer’s Descendants paid an exciting visit to Poland (Shorashim / root Tour),  putting an emphasis on a visit to Siedlce  and searching for roots. The group has visited Tzsthobh, Lodz, Warsaw, Treblinka, Siedlce, Krasnik, Sndomiz and Krakow. In Siedlce a dinner took place with the mayor, his secretary, a local journalist called Ante, Mrs. Alicia Kostzian, Mr. Edward Kfofkh (a historian who deals in preservation of the Jewish legacy). A short press conference took place, with two […]

Summary My name is Shaul Jagozinski, and I’m a son to a family of holocaust survivors from the city of Siedlce in Poland. I would like to tell you about a journey I took to Poland 6 years ago, and perhaps it should be called a visit to the grave. As a boy, I have seen again and again photos of my father and other survivors digging a mass grave for the city’s Jews, among them – his family members. And now the […]

A few hours from Warsaw  Among the snowy hills of Poland  Lies safely My Siedlce.  And there for generations my family lives  And there are seamstresses, and there are writers, and there are also a few butchers  Where the Rebbe sits with all the Hasidim.  And there they laugh, and there they dance  And there is […]

Translated from Hebrew by Mr. Yuval Romano. Summary A visit to Poland raises many thoughts. The visit to Poland took place as part of the Congress of the Association of Jewish Lawyers, entitled “Remember Warsaw”. The personal reason is searching for Batia’s roots in Siedlce, visiting her family’s ashes in Treblinka and visiting Gabi’s family’s ashes in […]