Solomon Strumpfinn comes home to Warsaw Poland

Ann Levin asked Linda if as part of our trip we could help her get part of her Uncle Sol back to his beloved Poland that he left as a very young man in the late-1930's. We contacted Nozyk Synagogue and they generously offered to have special prayers at Shabbat on Saturday, 24 July. After a couple of days touring Warsaw, it was decided the most appropriate place for Uncle Sol's ashes was the rose garden at the foot of the monument honoring Adam Mickiewicz, one of Poland's greatest poets and across the street from where Frederic Chopin last resided before leaving for Paris.

Both of these world famous men lived much of their lives away from their beloved country. Both after death were returned to Poland; Chopin's heart is entombed in a church just down the street from here; and, Mickiewicz is buried a short distance from here. Nowe Swiat, the street where both Chopin and Mickiewicz are honored is part of one of the Poles greatest achievements, the complete rebuilding of a city where the Nazis in a fit of rage dynamited every structure. Nearly every building was reduced to rubble. The Polish people with no financial or equipment assistance from the Communists, rebuild Warsaw to be as it was before WW II with their own money and after job labor. Rest in peace, Uncle Sol. You are now part of an inspiring story that we all must never forget.

Those that following this blog, please continue to visit. Our next post will cover weddings in Warsaw. Many pictures. Till next time..................