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David Wluka has brought back to life the history of Nowy Dw\u00f3r, a Polish village that was decimated by Nazis in World War II. Now he\u2019s helping to teach local schoolchildren to honor the Jewish legacy of their area\u2014which they never knew about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the mid-Eastern region of Poland sits a lush, small town known as Nowy Dw\u00f3r. From the early 17th century to World War II, Nowy Dw\u00f3r was home to a thriving Jewish community of about 4,000, where REALTOR\u00ae David Wluka\u2019s father\u2014a Holocaust survivor\u2014was born. The German occupation of Nowy Dw\u00f3r began in 1939, and by the end of the war in 1945, nearly every resident had been killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the late 1980s, Wluka, broker-owner of Wluka Real Estate Corp. in the Boston suburb of Sharon, Mass., traveled with his dad, Icek, to the Auschwitz concentration camp near Icek\u2019s former hometown. It was the first time Icek had returned to the area since escaping with his life, and Wluka didn\u2019t want him to make the journey alone. They then went to Nowy Dw\u00f3r, where Icek had hoped to show Wluka what his life was like before the Holocaust. But when they arrived, all traces of Jewish life\u2014the synagogue, Icek\u2019s childhood home and the local cemetery\u2014had vanished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wluka and his father made a pact to resurrect the cemetery and ensure the once-thriving Jewish community that resided in Nowy Dw\u00f3r was remembered for generations to come. However, Icek passed away before the memorial became a reality, and it took a significant amount of time for the project to come to fruition. In the early 2000s, Wluka crossed paths with a man named Ze\u2019ev Shaked, whose father ran a blacksmith shop with Icek. Inspired and filled with purpose, Wluka and Shaked teamed up and pressed on to restore the Jewish cemetery and build a memorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over time as he worked on the project, Wluka learned that Nowy Dw\u00f3r\u2019s modern residents had never met a Jewish person and didn\u2019t know the town\u2019s rich Jewish history. The more he learned, the more he realized that education in conjunction with memorialization was necessary to truly honor Nowy Dw\u00f3r. He wanted the memorial to serve not only as a historical marker but also a source of information and agent for change. To make that happen, Wluka says, the town\u2019s children needed to be involved. \u201cWe worked with the Nowy Dw\u00f3r schools, who took an interest in the project from the beginning,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wluka and his partners on the memorial devised an essay contest in which school-age children write on the topic of racial tolerance after learning about the Jewish heritage in Nowy Dw\u00f3r. Teachers also have access to the memorial as a teaching tool. The contest has been so impactful in the local schools that interest in participation spread to Mazowieki, the county where Nowy Dw\u00f3r is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the memorial is an integral part of the Nowy Dw\u00f3r community. Working with local community members and leaders, Wluka and Shaked were able to ensure that the cemetery and memorial are cared for in perpetuity. In the U.S., Wluka speaks of the project and its significance to any local school interested in learning more, one of which was his alma mater, Boston University. Most recently, he spoke to students at Pope Francis Prep in Springfield, Mass. He also worked with his Israeli cousin, Zvi Plachinski, to send 100 students to Nowy Dw\u00f3r to learn and live with other local students. The more children involved in the project, Wluka says, the better. And he hopes its influence keeps growing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current political unrest and violence worldwide, Wluka says, makes the Nowy Dw\u00f3r memorial of utmost importance. \u201cAs a child of Holocaust survivors and a student of the Holocaust, I see conditions similar to what things were like in Germany in the 1930s. Racism, nationalism, fascism and worse are growing exponentially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, children give him hope. \u201cMy outreach for change focuses on kids; they are the only means to effect it permanently,\u201d Wluka says. \u201cI believe that only the young will be able to bring us back to a sane world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about Wluka and other REALTORS\u00ae who are making extraordinary contributions to their communities and beyond, visit the REALTORS\u00ae Are Good Neighbors Facebook page(link is external)<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Association of REALTORS\u00ae
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David Wluka has brought back to life the history of Nowy Dw\u00f3r, a Polish village that was decimated by Nazis in World War II. Now he\u2019s helping to teach local schoolchildren to honor the Jewish legacy of their area\u2014which they never knew about. In the mid-Eastern region of Poland sits a lush, small town known … <\/p>\n

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