Photos from Sol Kempinski, son of of Chawa and David Kempinski,

whose wife Debbie visited Wieluń in the summer of 2008.

 
  Please click on a photograph to enlarge it.

 

      
 

           

The site of Eva Kempinski's home  

Building next to

Eva Kempinski's home

 

 

Wieluń town square

      
         
 

              

Left to right: an old home in Wieluń, 

park in center of town

          

Street sign and statue

      
   

 

      
 

                 

Street signs in Wieluń

  

Memorial plaque stating that WWII began with the bombing of Wieluń at 4:40 am on September 1, 1939. It further states that 1,2oo citizens of Wieluń were killed in that bombing, not mentioning Jews at all; park where memorial is situated, in the center of Wieluń, near the clock tower and the town square

  

Left: looking out from David Kempinski's home

Right: park near David's home

      
   

 

      
 

                Left to right: Jewish cemetery, Jewish cemetery memorial, Debbie Kempinski at the Jewish cemetery memorial

 

     

Above: clock tower and bottom of clock tower

  

Above: courtyard next to the museum and ancient town of Wieluń fortress

 

      
   

 

      
 

        

Wieluń celebrating 725 years

  

  

 

 

Amerikana Flour Mill

in Wieluń
 

 

 

    

Sign welcoming visitors to the city of Wieluń, Debbie Kempinski in front of the sign

 

      
         
 Compiled by Merle Kastner
Copyright © 2007-2016 Merle Kastner

 

I wish to acknowledge, with gratitude, the generous assistance of
Dr. Steven Lasky, the creator of the The Museum of Family History.

Many thanks to Greg Meyer, for his valuable technical support.

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