ZMIDEK FAMILY BLOG 

(Culled from statements by Tomasz: from Gabrielle). The Jews arrived in Poland over 900 years ago, fleeing persecution, primarily from...

The trip to Poland has affected all of us in different ways. On this page, we share our feelings. Gabrielle Dear Cousins, It has been a...

The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, to give it its full title, is an impressive edifice. In the square adjacent to the...

I didn't accompany the family to the Jewish cemetery at Okopowa. The visit was arranged for the family to pay their respects and to help...

There's not much to see of what was once the Warsaw Ghetto. Our tour focused mainly on the uprising of April 19, 1943 to May 16, 1943 and...

There's not a lot that remains of the Lodz ghetto. which was the last ghetto in Poland to be liquidated, in the summer of 1944. We walked...

We're now leaving Chmielnik on the way to Kielce, where the Polish headquarters of DS Smith PLC is located. DSS was founded by our...

We left Krakov early in the morning, boarded our bus and drove some 91 kms. to Chmielnik, our first stop en route to Warsaw. The Zmideks...

After a snack at the canteen, we took the tour bus to Birkenau, the largest of the more than 40 camps and sub-camps that comprised the...

I wasn't alone in being apprehensive about going to Auschwitz. We didn't know what to expect and how it would make us feel. It has taken...

We arrive in Krakov, then continue to Warsaw.

I'd planned everything to the last detail: train times - check; Polish weather conditions - check; suitcase packed, unpacked, repacked,...