We packed a lot into our trip from May 25-29. Fourteen international volunteers joined numerous local volunteers at the Żychlin cemetery, where we finished clearing and surveying the depression where we suspect victims of the March 1942 liquidation of the Jewish ghetto were buried. In addition, on May 25, there was the ceremonial transfer of a Torah fragment recovered in Żychlin to the Saski Palace Museum in Kutno. On May 26, two Żychlin descendants and two participating University of Alabama students visited the Żychlin school to talk about Żychlin’s Jewish history and our project. On May 27, most of the 8th grade students joined our clean-up activities in the Jewish cemetery. On May 28, we traveled to the Former German Death Camp Kulmhoff for the unveiling of a memorial marker on the Wall of Memory for the victims from ADJCP towns.
Please keep an eye out for more posts! And we have still more ADJCP activities to come.
News coverage of the Żychlin Cemetery Project, 2026
All in Polish, but you can use a translation app!
The Saski Palace Museum in Kutno: link to their report about the unveiling of the Torah
TVP3 Łódź: link to news report about the unveiling of the Torah. Scroll to the recording from 25 May and go to minute marker 16.20.
Radio Victoria:
Radio Q: Interview with Marysia Galbraith and Bożena Gajewska about the week’s activities
Museum of the Former German Death Camp Kulmhoff: link to their report about the unveiling of memorial plaque on the Wall of Memory
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