Monument to the Ghetto Heroes

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Standing as a powerful memorial to the Jewish fighters who rose up against the Nazis in 1943, this 11-metre-tall monument is described as celebrating the Jewish heroes who fought back rather than being led ‘like lambs to the slaughter’. Tour guide James frames it as a key stop before visiting Majdanek concentration camp, using it to dispel myths about Jewish passivity during the Holocaust. Designed by Polish-Jewish sculptor Nathan Rapoport and unveiled in 1948, it carries an added layer of meaning because it was constructed from materials originally earmarked for Nazi monuments. - Phil de Semlyen