Pope John Paul II’s visit to the Warsaw Ghetto Medal - Listing of Camps and Ghettos - 1999

1999

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Reverse:          In the background of the medal is a map of Poland.  In the right field is a listing of all of the Ghettos, Concentration Camps and Death Camps that existed in Poland during the Holocaust.  Those listed are “LODZ / WARSZAWA / OSWIECIM / TREBLINKA / KRAKOW / KIELCE / MAJDANEK / KALISZ / BOBOWA / IEZAJSN / PLONSK / LELOW / SOPOT / GDANSH / BIALYSTOK / LUBLIN / CHELM”.  In the lower field are various Jewish gravestones.  In the left center field is the picture of the Nissenbaum Family Foundation’s sign, as well as “FUNDACJA RODZINY NISSENBAUMOW”.  Curved around the upper left rim is written in Hebrew “____________ 1999”.  Curved around the upper right rim is written in Hebrew “__________”.