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Wlodowa – Sobibor – Chelm – Krasnystaw
The next day
we went to Wlodowa, a provincial town not far from Sobibor. The beautifully
restored synagogue there had been transformed into a museum. The
photographic exhibition is testament to the local Jewish community. Scores
of political and cultural organisations once thrived in the area. Among the
pictures of sports groups and paramilitary training groups was a photograph
including the founder of the Revisionist party, Vladimir Jabotinsky.
At Sobibor we were surprised to find a small museum.
The exhibition contained within was small but extremely informative. It
seemed, however, that we were the only ones who had made the trip to see it
for the two hours we were there. This photograph shows the former house of the
commandant of Sobibor.
From Sobibor we made our way to Chelm – the city of
fools, and then onto Krasnystaw. We quickly developed a knack for locating former
synagogues. In the case of Krasnystaw, the synagogue is now a warehouse.
