Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Stoczek Łukowski, Poland, who perished in the Holocaust.
Description:
The monument is located in the Western Alley of the cemetery, along with dozens of other Holocaust memorials built by Landsmannschaft organizations, survivors, and relatives.
The monument is a tall stone obelisk-shaped slab with a Star of David on it. The obelisk stands on a square base with two memorial candle holders. Both the slab and the base are inscribed in Hebrew. There is a small niche on the back of the monument's base.
Inscription:
In Hebrew, on the slab:
גל עד
לקדושי
סטוצ'ק
לוק'
והסביבה
שנרצחו על ידי הנאצים
ועוזריהם ימ"ש
ביום י"ז תשרי תש"ב
ארץ אל תכסי דמם
דם ילד קטן אשר
לא ברא השטן
Translation: Memorial stone/ for the martyrs of Stoczek Luk. / and the surrounding area/ who were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators may their names be erased/ on the 17th of Tishrei 5702/ Land, do not cover their blood [Job 16:18] / The blood of a small child who was not created by Satan [a connotation to the poem "On The Slaughter" by Bialik, 1903 - "Vengeance like this, for the blood of a child, Satan has yet to devise."].
On the base of the monument in Hebrew and Yiddish:
Hebrew:
וניקיתי דמם לא ניקיתי
Translation: And I will cleanse their blood but I have not cleansed [Joel 4:21]
Yiddish:
נישט פערגעסן נישט פערגרעבן
Translation: Not forgotten, not buried
Hebrew:
תנצבה
הגל עד הוקם ע"י
יוצאי סטוצק לוק' בישראל ובתפוצות
Translation: May their souls be bound in the bond of life / This memorial stone was established by the survivors of Stoczek Luk. in Israel and the diaspora.
On the side of the base, in Hebrew:
לזכר
קדושי קהילת
סורוצין
Translation: In memory of/ the martyrs of/ the Seroczyn community.
On the other side of the base, in Hebrew:
פ"נ
אפר הקדושים
שהוא ממחנה
טרבלינקה
Translation: Here lies/ the ashes of the martyrs/ which are from the Treblinka camp.
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Stoczek Łukowski.
Name/Title
Stoczek Łukowski Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon, Bat Yam) Cemetery | Unknown
Object Detail
Sector 17-1 western side
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1980s-1990s (?)
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Hebrew traditional formulas | Tantzabah תנצבה
Quote from Jewish sources | Bible | Prophets | Joel 4:21 (ונקיתי דמם לא נקיתי)
Hebrew traditional formulas | May their names be obliterated ימש
Hebrew traditional formulas | Here is buried פנ
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Quote from Jewish sources | Bible | Writings | Job | Job 16:18 (Earth, do not cover their blood / ארץ אל תכסי דמם)
Poetry / Lyrics / Fiction | Hayim Nahman Bialik, On the Slaughter, 1903
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Quote from Jewish sources | Bible | Prophets | Joel 4:21 (ונקיתי דמם לא נקיתי)
Hebrew traditional formulas | May their names be obliterated ימש
Hebrew traditional formulas | Here is buried פנ
Dedication
Epitaph
Quote from Jewish sources | Bible | Writings | Job | Job 16:18 (Earth, do not cover their blood / ארץ אל תכסי דמם)
Poetry / Lyrics / Fiction | Hayim Nahman Bialik, On the Slaughter, 1903
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A636533