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Picture Gallery of Yohanan Ackerman's Trip to Wizna

His ancestry is Farberowicz (Nephew of Urke Nachalnik)

Yohanan is a nephew of Icek/Yitzchok Farberowicz, legendary Polish gangster known as "Urke Nachalnik," who went on to have a successful literary career and was heroic in resistance against the Germans.

Note: More photos to be added as the trip set is processed


Gmina Office

Narew River

Narew River

Israel Lewin's House
[Israel Lewin survived the Holocuast]

Israel Lewin's House

Israel Lewin's House

Location of former Synagogue
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Itzchak Lewin and the owner of the house, built on the land the synagogue stood

Synagogue Street

Street Scene
The wooden house stands on the spot where the Farberowicz house stood - where the mother of the Ackerman brothers was born

Street Scene

Typical House

Brick pathway in Town Square

Monument to the Polish soldiers

Photos courtesy of Yohanan Ackerman

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