This monument commemorates the brave individuals who fought against Nazi oppression in the Kielce Ghetto Uprising of 1943. It is a reminder of the courage and strength of those who resisted the Nazi occupation of Poland and the atrocities that were committed against the Jewish people. The monument stands as a
The Kielce Ghetto was a Jewish World War II ghetto created in 1941 by the Schutzstaffel (SS) in the Polish city of Kielce in the south-western region of the Second Polish Republic, occupied by German forces from 4 September 1939. Before the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939, Kielce was the capital of the Kielce Voivodeship. The Germans incorporated the city into Distrikt Radom of the semi-colonial General Government territory. The liquidation of the ghetto took place in August 1942, with over 21,000 victims deported to their deaths at the Treblinka extermination camp, and several thousands more shot, face-to-face.