Orthodox cemetery in Sobibór

Cultural Heritage of sobibor forests. The cemetery already existed in the first half of the nineteenth century. The oldest preserved (unfortunately incomplete) is a sandstone tomb of Joseph z Górskich Szymanska (d. 1851). Survived dozens of gravestones from the first half of the twentieth century, mainly concrete and numerous variable graves with high for 4 - 5 meters of wooden crosses. They are typical for the area, but in Sobibor are exceptionally numerous and of impressive sizes. A special rarity are crosses painted blue. Among the tombs stands a monument of red sandstone Fiedor Prylepy Ivanov (d. 1908) - participant in the Japanese war. The cemetery now belongs to the parish of Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wlodawa and serves a small Orthodox community from the surrounding areas, created after deportations in the years 1945 - 1947.

 

 

Church of St.John Almsgiver in Orchówek

 

Parish Church, Roman Catholic of Saint John Almsgiver in Orchówek at the monastery of the Capuchin Friars - Sanctuary of Our Lady, (the former Augustinian), built between 1769 -1777, along with all architectural design and movables (the Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Consolation),as well as the surrounding trees within the church cemetery fence.

 

The palace - park - farm from the late eighteenth - nineteenth centuries in Różanka.

 

 

The neo-Gothic church of St. Augustine in Różanka

 

Neo-Gothic parish church of St. Augustine in Różanka. Built between 1908-1913, founded by the family Zamoyski, it has been erected in place of demolished church in 1905. Inside: the main altar: baroque statues of saints Peter and Paul from the mid-seventeenth century copy of the image of Our Lady Kodeńska from 1908

 

Museum of the Former Nazi Extermination Camp in Sobibor

 

Within Gmina Wlodawa is Museum of Former Nazi Death Camp in Sobibor. During World War II in the woods of sobibor about 250 000 Jews were killed , mainly from the General Government, but also from the Netherlands, France, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Former USSR and others. The museum collected numerous documents, photographs, plans and newspaper clippings about the "Final Solution" and the extermination camp itself, and above all - the fact of uprising of prisoners, which took place October 14th, 1943. The museum is open from May 1st to October 14th, during the remaining period is made available to visitors only by prior reservation of the visit. In 1965 ,at the former Camp, Victims Memorial Monument, was put depicting a mother and child ,mound - muzuleum dump with soil mixed with the ashes of human, obelisk symbolizing the gas chambers, stone wall with masoned boards in Polish, Dutch, English, Yiddish, Hebrew languages informing about the existence of death camp in this place. The average annual number of visitors in the Museum of the Former Nazi Death Camp Sobibor is about 5 thousand. people, including tourists from the following countries: Germany, Israel, Sweden, Austria, Belarus, Netherlands, USA, France, Belgium, Brazil, Britain, Lithuania, Hungary, Switzerland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Italy.