| Gorajec, Dragany – June 12, 2025 |
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The ceremonies at the Memory Stones were attended by Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich, Bishop Mieczysław Cisło, Mayor of the Radecznica Commune Edward Polak, Foundation president Zbigniew Niziński, Head of the School in Gorajec along with teachers and students, parish priest of Gorajec, Head of the School in Wysokie with his students, as well as residents of Gorajec and Dragany. Prayers were offered by both the Rabbi and the Bishop, and students presented moving spoken word and musical performances. In addition, the Foundation marked with a plaque the site in Gorajec where three children from the village tragically died in 1965, buried under a collapsed ravine slope.
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In the villages of Gorajec and Dragany, the Lasting Memory Foundation marked the burial sites of Jews murdered between 1942 and 1943 with Memory Stones. All of the victims had been hiding in these villages in an attempt to escape the Holocaust. Now, over 80 years later, local residents joined the Foundation in commemorating these tragic events.
