Remembering the Dead at Belzec: This Could Have Been Me
Belzec delivered a more intense, personal connection I had not anticipated. Contemporary memorials often include a wall with names of the victims. But there were simply too many victims at Belzec; its wall contains 1,200 first names of victims, all common Jewish names of the era. I stared at the list and suddenly received a huge emotional jolt. There was my name, right there, on the list of victims! My Jewish name: Mendel.