Excellent tour. Thanks.
--Bob
On Jan 6, 2014, at 5:06 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Wrocław, where I was born (and where my sister still lives), was known as
> Breslau until 1945 and was one of the most important cities in Germany. In
> fact, its importance was such that Hitler gave the order in the winter
> 1944/45 that the city was to be defended to the last man. As a result, the
> city was virtually levelled before it was finally taken by the Red Army in
> March 1945. Miraculously, two of the three Jewish cemeteries survived (the
> last one was destroyed by the Nazis before the war). Yesterday, we visited
> the older of the two, with graves from the late 18th century to 1940 or so.
> Knowing what happened later, it was quite a moving visit. I just put up a
> small set (8 images) to give you a feel for the place and the history of the
> city of my birth:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Old-Jewish-cemetery-in-Wroclaw/
>
> Today, Wrocław is a vibrant city of 700,000 inhabitants, one of the real
> success stories of the new Poland.
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