Piaski: Anna Świetlicka Eyewitness Testimony
Anna Świetlicka (née Łysakowska) was 12 years old when the Nazis occupied her home town, Piaski (Poland).
Anna Świetlicka (née Łysakowska) was 12 years old when the Nazis occupied her home town, Piaski (Poland).
Witness testimonies and archaeological evidence demonstrate how cultural genocide turned to mass killings in Piaski's new Jewish cemetery.
The new cemetery in Piaski contains evidence of severe damage to matzevot, executions and mass graves.
Piaski's old Jewish cemetery has been totally destroyed and killings took place in its grounds.
Volunteers from across Poland and around the world came together to clean Piaski's cemeteries
The Jewish cemeteries in Piaski were desecrated during WWII and used as killing sites. But vandalism, misuse and neglect still continues today
The Jewish population of this vibrant town faced anti-Semitism for centuries