Israel Mida (left), a Canadian, whose father was from Serock, and Polish historian, Slawomir Jakubczak (right).
The engraved plaque, embedded in the outside wall of City Hall,
was erected during Slawomir’s term as head of the Serock Town Council.
Slawomir Jakubczak standing in the middle of the Rynek, former market square in Serock.
“TO THE MEMORY
OF THE INHABITANTS OF SEROCK
AND SEROCKER'S LANDS
WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES
FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE FATHERLAND.
TO THOSE FALLEN ON THE FIELDS OF BATTLES
OF FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918,
POLISH-RUSSIAN WAR 1920,
ON ALL THE FRONTS
OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR,
IN THE WARSAW UPRISING,
IN THE UNDERGROUND FIGHT IN THE COUNTRY
AND TO THOSE, WHO DIED AND WERE MURDERED
IN THE GERMAN AND SOVIET
CAMPS AND PRISONS
1939 - 1945"
The eagle emblem was placed by the Nazis on this building, in which the German border guards were housed.
This old brick tenement was built by the Rozenberg family, who, when the war began, quickly sold it to a local baker named Sajnog.
This building, with metal roof, is located on town square/ market place, in the general neighborhood where Rabbi Yitzhak Morgenstern lived.
This building is located on Saint Wojciech Street--- its old name was School Street.
The town of Serock is preparing to make this building a local historical museum.
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