Img. ID: 411541
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Jewish victims of the Holocaust from Krustpils and Gostiņi (part of the town of Pļaviņas from 1956), murdered in the Kaķīši swamps
Description:
The monument stands at the edge of two large mass graves surrounded by a low metal fence.
The monument is a red granite stele on a gray granite pedestal and a concrete base. From behind, it is supported by concrete “steps.” The stele bears almost identical inscriptions in Russian and Yiddish.
Inscription
Russian
Вечная память
погибшему
еврейскому населению
гор. Крустпилс
и Плявиняс
расстреленному [расстрелянному]
немецкими оккупантами
в 1941 году
Translation: Eternal memory to the perished Jewish population of the towns of Krustpils and Pļaviņas, shot down by German occupiers in 1941.
Yiddish
אייביקער אנדענקונג
די אומגעקומענע אידישע באפעלקערונג
פון קרוסטפילס אונד פליאווינאס
וועלכע זיינען דערשאסן געווארן פון די דייטשע
אקופאנטן אין יאר 1941 ת'נ'צ'ב'ה'
Translation: Eternal memory to the perished Jewish population of the towns of Krustpils and Pļaviņas, who were shot down by German occupiers in 1941. May their souls be bound in the bundle of life.
Commissioned by
Surviving Jews from Krustpils and Gostiņi (part of the town of Pļaviņas from 1956).