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The “Polish Cave”
This is a cistern hewn in the Hellenistic period. In the middle is a block of stone, part of a pillar that supported the ceiling. At some point, niches to raise doves were carved into the cistern walls. During World War II, Polish soldiers from General Wladislaw Anders’ army - which was loyal to the Polish government in exile in London - visited this cave. They carved the figure 1943 (the year of their visit) into the pillar, along with an inscription: “Warsaw, Poland” and an eagle, the symbol of the Polish army.
In September 1939, at the outbreak of World War II, Anders served as the commander of a cavalry division in the Polish army, he was captured by the Soviets when they invaded Poland. After the German invasion to the Soviet Union, in June 1941, the Polish government in exile agreed to cooperate with the Soviet Union against Germany. The agreement signed between them, stipulated among other things, that a Polish army would be established on Russian soil that would be subordinate to the Soviet High Command. Anders was chosen to command the Polish force. He was released from Russian captivity and began to organize the Polish force that was nicknamed “Anders’ Army”.
Although Anders hoped that he would have the opportunity to lead the Polish forces that would liberate Poland, in practice, Anders’ army who numbered tens of thousands of soldiers and by 1942 reported to the Allies, was stationed first in the Middle East and then sent to the front in Italy. On his way to Italy, and due to reasons I will not elaborate on, the journey to Italy went through Port Said in Egypt and from there by train to Israel, where they arrived at the beginning of 1943.
While they were in the Land of Israel, they visited Maresha and entered this cave and engraved the inscription “Warsaw Poland” as well as the eagle image - which is the symbol of the Polish army,
Therefore, it was decided to name the place, “The Polish Cave”.
A final note regarding Anders’ army - 4,000 Jews served there, which constituted about 5 percent of its soldiers.
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