Obj. ID: 53452
Memorials  Holocaust Memorial at the Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue in Charleston, SC, USA, 1992

To the main object: Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue in Charleston, SC, USA

Name of Monument
No official name

What/Who is commemorated
Six million Jewish Victims of the Holocust

Description 
Within the fenced enclosure of Kahal Kedosh Beth Elohim Synagogue, there is a long narrow garden area between the street fence and the south flank of the synagogue building. At the far (east) end of this against a perimeter wall is a low irregularly shaped stone boulder (or concrete?) into which is set a bronze commemorative plaque.

Inscriptions

In Hebrew:

זכור לעולם

Translation: Remember forever

In English:

TO THE SACRED MEMORY
OF THE
SIX MILLION JEWS MARTYRED
IN THE
HOLOCAUST

Lamentations 1:16 in Hebrew and English:

על אלה אני בוכיה עיני עיני ירדה מים

FOR THESE DO I WEEP; MINE EYE
MINE EYE RUNNETH DOWN WATER
LAMENTATIONS 1:16

In English:

KAHAL KADOSH BETH ELOHIM
1992 [IMAGE OF MENORAH] 5752

Commissioned by

Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Congregation