Sixty-three sculptors and architects have submitted plans for a proposed memorial to honor the Jews of Lublin who were murdered by the Nazis during the latter’s occupation of Poland in the Second World War, it was reported here from Warsaw. The foundation stone for the memorial is scheduled to be laid in April.
Branches of the Union of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy in communities near Lublin have been requested to furnish caskets with ashes of victims for interment in the memorial. The construction of the memorial has been financed with the aid of funds contributed by former Jewish residents of Lublin now residing in other parts the world, including Australia, France and Germany.
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