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Picture Gallery of Myrna and Shael Siegel's Trip to Wizna, 1995

Shael's ancestry includes Ogrodnicki and Najdorf


Shael Siegel standing next to sign
of his ancestral town of Wizna;
birthplace of his maternal grandfather Moshe Ogrodnicki

Houses across from main square
where weekly market was held

Houses on Szkolna Street (Shul Street), where synagogue was located

Top of hill behind the farm houses
is the site of the Wizna Jewish Cemetery

Restaurant on right not shown in picture. Path leading up to cemetery
behind the shed where
Myrna Siegel is standing.

Long hike through heavy brush to Cemetery. Guide Tomasz Wisniewski said this was the most unusual cemetery he has seen.

Shael Siegel kneeling next to partially visible headstone. Erosion throughout the years has covered most of the grave stones.

15th Century Church

Photos courtesy of Myrna and Shael Siegel.

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