Monument commemorating the Jews of Brzeziny (lodzkie province) was devastated by vandals. On the plaque devoted to the Holocaust's victims a racist graffiti had appeared.
The Jewish cemetery in Brzeziny (Reymont St.) was probably established in the 16th century and had been used until the Holocaust. It was savagely devastated during the World War II and even after the war, when a sand mine was located at the area of the necropolis. Witnesses claim the sand mixed with human bones was used for producing prefabricates designed for building apartment houses. Many tombstones were stolen and used for construction works, e.g. paving banks of fishing ponds. In 1992, on the initiative of the descendants of Brzeziny's Jews, the area of the cemetery was fenced. The story of the townsfolk of Brzeziny shtetl was described by Sara Zyskind in her book „Light in the Valley of Tears”.
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2006-12-14 BRZEZINY
