Name of Monument
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Cernovice sent to Terezin and Auschwitz.
Description
A path leading to the gate of the Jewish cemetery of Černovice, founded in the 17th century, has been turned into a Holocaust memorial. The path crosses a little ravine that is spanned by a brick bridge with semicircular metal handrails. The path is lined with 53 irregular stones set on the ground but with their sides facing the path finished with mirrored surfaces that are inscribed with names and biographical information about Holocaust victims and survivors.
On the left side of the path leading to the cemetery are arranged 43 stones — one for each of those who were killed. On the right side, 10 stones are arranged to honor the 10 people who survived the camps. A single much taller jagged stone provides the name and purpose of the memorial. A small inscribed Magen David is set above a short inscription in Czech announcing the purpose of the memorial.
The stones reflect the light but also bear the names, dates, and history of each of the people who had been deported from Černovice to Terezin and then Auschwitz.
Inscriptions
On the tall entrance stone, in Czhech:
Památce
židovských obĕtí
z
Černovic
v době
nacistické okupace
v letech 1939-1945
Translation: Memorial to the Jewish victims / of Černovice / during the Nazi occupation 1939-1945.
The names on the stones belong to a few extended families. Those killed and honored include:
Max Pešek; Max Mautner; Arnold Benesch; Filip Neumann; Eduard Synek; Dr. Emil Teller; Rudolf Schneider; Vilém Nagelstock; Pavlína & Josef Vogelovi; Anna, František & Ota Vesecký; Hedwig Weinsteinová roz. Windová; Hermína Lustigová roz. Metzlová; Robert & Gabriela Lašovi; Rudolf, Vally, Otto & Victor Lederer; Emil, Elsa & Věra Metzlovi; Anna Glücková roz. Pragerov; Oskar, Erwin & Rosa Winterovi; Zikmund, Martha & Emilie Kohnovi; Emma Hahnová roz. Arnsteinová; Clara Oppenheimerová roz. Arnsteinová; Olga, Artur, Otilie, Ota, Jindřich, Růžena, Lilly & Hana Winternitzovi.
Those who survived:
Marta Fokshanerová roz. Windová; Ida Windová roz. Ledererová; Olga Krausová roz. Windová; Karla Windová; Ota Laš; Viktor Laš; Zikmund Laš; Marta Kottová roz. Lašová; Dr. Ing. Eduard Kohn; Helena Weinerová roz. Winternitzová.
Commissioned by
Jewish Memorial Černovice
Czech-German Future Fund