I am sending this message to Benjamin Netanyahu from an old Jewish cemetery in a small Polish town called Węgrów. The main motto and message at the entrance to this Holy Place reads “NIE ZABIJAJ“, which means “DO NOT MURDER” or “DO NOT KILL“. This is the exact text of the sixth Commandment left to the people of Israel by their biblical God.

Approximately 7,500 to 8,500 Jews from the town of Węgrów were killed by the Nazis during World War II. Most of the town’s Jewish population perished after being deported to the Treblinka Extermination Camp or shot during local liquidations.

Pre-War and Wartime Population

• 7,590 Jews: Lived in Węgrów in July 1941, making up about two-thirds of the town.
• 11,000 Jews: Total peak number estimated inside the Węgrów Ghetto due to displaced people from nearby areas.

Key Deportations and Killings

• The beginning of the occupation: In 1940, the Germans established a ghetto in the city, to which Jews from nearby villages and towns (including Stoczek and Łochów) were later forcibly relocated.
• September 21, 1942 (Yom Kippur): The Nazis began the main liquidation of the Jewish quarter, shooting hundreds of people in the streets during the first hours.
• Liquidation of the ghetto: The main phase of extermination began on September 22, 1942. German gendarmerie, SS, and auxiliary units surrounded the city, driving the Jewish population into the market square.
• Mass murders and deportations: Some people (old people, sick and children) were murdered on site in Węgrów and at the Jewish cemetery (kirkut). Most of the gathered in the ghetto – approximately 8,300-8,500 people – were transported on foot and by rail to the extermination camp in Treblinka, where they were killed in the gas chambers.
• This task was completed by the Nazis in the autumn of 1942.
• Survivors: Only a handful of Węgrów Jews survived the war (it is estimated that no more than about 100–200 people survived, some of whom hid thanks to the help of the Polish civilian population).

Węgrów was only one of many such towns in Europe under the Nazi occupation.

Holocaust in Europe

The Nazis killed approximately six million Jews in Europe during World War II, which was about two out of every three European Jews. This historical finding is documented in detail by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Methods of Murder

• Killing Centers: About 2.7 million Jews were murdered using poison gas at camps like Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka, Belzec, Sobibor, and Chełmno.
• Mass Shootings: Around 2 million Jews were killed in mass shooting operations across towns and villages in Eastern Europe.
• Ghettos and Camps: Between 800,000 and 1 million Jews died from starvation, disease, and abuse in various ghettos and labor camps.

Holocaust = Genocide

Benjamin, please take this message under your consideration, take it to your heart and stop the genocide of the Palestinians and the Lebanese. Hear the call of all the Jews killed during WW2:

NIE ZABIJAJ!
DO NOT MURDER!
DO NOT KILL!

Sources: Google AI, Holocaust Encyclopedia, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, local sources in Poland