Jewish Waldheim Cemetery in Forest Park in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Chenstochow Holocaust Memorial

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 23, 2024

1. Chenstochow Holocaust Memorial Marker

Inscription. Dedicated to our parents, brethren and kinsmen who perished as martyrs under Nazi tyranny in the ghetto of Chenstochow, Poland-and around during the years 1939-1945 by the Chenstochower Society of Chicago
May the memory of our beloved ones linger on forever

Erected 1952 by Chenstochower Society of Chicago.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Immigration • Religion & Religious Structures • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Holocaust series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1939.

Location. 41° 51.302′ N, 87° 48.47′ W. Memorial is in Forest Park, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in Jewish Waldheim Cemetery. It can be reached from Harlem Avenue (Illinois Route 43) south of Greenberg Road, on the right when traveling south. The memorial is Jewish Waldheim Cemetery, on its eastern side in the Chenstochower Society section (Gate 242). Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Riverside IL 60546, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Chicago.

It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Pinsk Holocaust Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Holocaust Memorial (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Anshe Chodorkov Cemetery

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(approx. 0.2 miles away); Ever-Blooming Night and Day Flowers, 1982 (approx. half a mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train Wreck (approx. 0.6 miles away); Jewish Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); 9/11 Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Forest Park.

More about this memorial. The top of the marker is a Hebrew translation of the text dedicating the memorial to Holocaust victims.

Jewish Waldheim Cemetery is actually a combination of roughly 250 different Jewish cemeteries divided over 60 acres spanning much of the area inside Roosevelt Road, Harlem Avenue, Cermak Avenue (22nd Street) and Des Plaines Avenue in Forest Park. While many were founded by synagogues, a fair number were founded by organizations like the Chenstochower Society, which were mutual aid societies for Jewish people who had emigrated to Chicago from various locations in Eastern Europe.

Regarding Chenstochow Holocaust Memorial. Chenstochow (sometimes shown as Czestochowa) is a city in south-central Poland, about 135

Chenstochow Holocaust Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 23, 2024

2. Chenstochow Holocaust Memorial

miles southwest of Warsaw. Before World War II it was known for its large and vibrant Jewish population, which was almost completely wiped out by the Nazis. In 1939, the city was occupied by the Germans after their invasion; in 1941 the Nazis established a Jewish ghetto. According to the Encylopedia of the Holocaust, in the fall of 1942 some 39,000 Chenstochow Jews were deported to Treblinka Extermination Camp, while another 2,000 executed. Those that remained were forced laborers in a metals factory until 1945, when the Germans preparing to retreat sent most of them to concentration camps in Germany.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 23, 2024

3. Chenstochow Holocaust Memorial

The Chenstochow memorial is front center; another Holocaust Memorial dedicated to victims from Pinsk, Belarus, is just across the road facing the camera.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 23, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 196 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 23, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.