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Who is Commemorated?

Victims of British bombing

Description

The monument is a white marble hexahedron block, constructed of thin white marble panels forming a cuboid block, about 1.5 meters high, with one sloping side. The block is set above ground level upon two step-like base levels, the top one smaller than the bottom. The inscribed face slopes backward toward the top. Only this front side – facing the path – is inscribed. There is a memorial inscription in French and English, followed by a list of names of victims of the two bombs. None of the inscriptions is in Greek or Hebrew. 

Inscriptions

In French:

A la memoire des martyrs juifs deceds
Lors des bombardements de la “juderia”
Le 2 fevrier et le 8 Avril 1944,
Ils furent victims de la barbarie nazie.

Translation: In memory of the Jewish martyrs killed / During the bombing of the “juderia” / On February 2, and April 8, 1944 / Victims of Nazi barbarism

 In English:

In memory of the Jewish martyrs killed
During the bombing of the “juderia”
In February and April 1944,
Victims of Nazi barbarism

[Lists of names]

May their souls rest in peace

Commissioned by

to be determined