Memorial Name
Пам’ятне місце масових розстрілів євреїв
Translation: Memorial place of the mass shootings of Jews
Who is Commemorated?
Jewish Holocaust Victims from Tovste and all the Jews, buried in the cemetery
Description
The monument is located on the killing site in the Jewish cemetery in Tovste. It is a rectangular upright slab, which sits on a large stone foundation. The slab has a Magen David in its upper part.
A Ukrainian inscription contains general information about thousands of Jews, Victims of fascism. A Hebrew inscription is more specific and is dedicated to the "martyrs" from Tovste and its surroundings, along with all other martyrs buried in the cemetery.
Several small plaques with the names of the victims in Hebrew were attached to the monument after 1997.
There was a large inscription "1943" on the foundation of the monument at least until 1997.
Inscriptions
Ukrainian:
Навічно в памʼяті
тисячі євреїв
жертв фашизму
Translation: Forever in our memory, thousands of Jews, Victims of fascism
Hebrew:
לזכר קדושי טלוסטה והםביבה
שחושמדו על ידי הנאצים
בשנים 1942–1943 ולזכר
כל הקדושים שנקברו בבית עלמין
זה הוקם על ידי שרידי טלוסטה
Translation: In memory of the martyrs of Tluste and surroundings who were annihilated by the Nazis in the years 1942-1943 and in memory of all the martyrs who are buried in this cemetery. Erected by the survivors from Tluste
Small plaques with names of victims added after 1997 also mention names of Israeli descendants, who installed the plaques, as well as traditional Hebrew formulas such as
לעילוי נשמת
Translation: To the exaltation of the soul of [name]
תנצבה
Translation: May their souls be bound in the bundle of life
השם יקום דמם
Translation: May God avenge their blood
Commissioned by
Jewish Holocaust Survivors from Tovste, descendants of killed Jews.