People, not numbersThe Popiela Family “Centrum” Foundation

Places

Towns in which the foundation has restored the names of victims of the Holocaust.

  1. 2018

    Krościenko nad Dunajcem

    256 names

    On 17 June 2018, for the first time in 76 years, the names of the 256 Jewish residents of Krościenko nad Dunajcem murdered by the German occupiers in 1942 were read aloud.

  2. 2019

    Grybów

    1,774 names

    On 20 August 1942 the German occupiers liquidated the ghetto in Grybów, where around 2,000 people had been confined. On 3 November 2019, after 77 years, 1,774 victims were remembered by name.

  3. 2020

    Czarny Dunajec

    494 names

    A central memorial bearing 494 names, two memorials on mass graves and a lapidarium. During the pandemic, in a small circle, all 494 names were read aloud, line by line.

  4. 2021

    Nowy Targ

    2,866 names

    In November 2021, stone tablets bearing the names of Holocaust victims were unveiled at the Jewish cemetery in Nowy Targ. Between 700 and 1,000 people were shot at the cemetery.

  5. 2022

    Nowy Sącz

    11,966 names

    The Holocaust Victims Memorial Square in Nowy Sącz: 11,966 names. Nowy Sącz has joined the cities that commemorate victims by name, such as Amsterdam, Vienna and Paris.

  6. 2025

    Podwilk

    154 names

    A memorial bearing the names of 154 Holocaust victims from Upper Orava, erected in 2025 on the surviving floor of the former House of Purification. The list of victims exists thanks to many years of work by Lucyna Borczuch.

  7. 2026

    Piwniczna-Zdrój

    232 names

    A commemoration of the Jews of Piwniczna-Zdrój, victims of the Holocaust in 1942. The list includes people born or living before the war in Piwniczna, Łomnica-Zdrój, Wierchomla and Zubrzyk.