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Picture Gallery of Shirley and Matthew Gabriner's Trip to Wizna, 1999

Shirley's ancestry includes Kiwajko and Guzikiewicz


Shirley Gabriner in front of the town sign. She is the daughter of Sora Miryama Kiwajko [Miriam Cohen] and Yoshua Beryl Guzikiewicz [Sidney Goldman].

Close-up of town sign

House was made from stones
of the old Jewish Cemetery.
Magen David is visible in the stone
on the porch, bottom section.

Shirley Gabriner (right)
in front of Town Hall

These are some of the record books where the birth, death and marriage records, etc. are kept. They are housed in a small building near the Church. The records are just lying there on a shelf with no organized system for either access or preserving them.

Typical House

Countryside

Typical Farm House

Boats along the Narew River Marshes

Monument to Polish soldiers who lost their lives fighting in WWII. It is in the Churchyard.

Close-up of the base of the Monument to the Polish soldiers who lost their lives fighting in WWII.
There is NO monument
for the Jews of Wizna
killed in the Holocaust.

Photos courtesy of Penny Peters; Shirley and Matthew Gabriner.

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