Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Wodzisław and Sędziszów, 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 memorial features a black slab between two white stone pillars and set on a white base. At the base of the black slab, is a round metal door to a niche that contains the scrolls with the names of the martyrs. The door is adorned above with a leaf motif. In front, two short stone pillars are linked by a metal chain.
The slab, pillars, and metal door are inscribed in Hebrew.
Inscription:
On the central slab, in Hebrew:
לזכר
קדושי קהילות
וואידיסלוו
וסנדזישוו
שנספו בשואה
הי"ד
Translation: In memory/ of the holy martyrs of the communitie/s of Wodzisław/ and Sędziszów/ who perished in the Holocaust. May God avenge their blood.
On the left pillar, in Hebrew:
ונתתי
בכם רוח
וחייתם
ויידעתם
כי אני ה'
Translation: And I will put/ My spirit within you/ and you shall live/ and you shall know/ that I am the Lord [Ezekiel 37:14]
On the right, pillar in Hebrew:
יום הזכרון
ערב
יום כפור
תש"ג
Translation: Yom HaZikaron [Memorial Day[/ Eve of Yom Kippur / 5703 [1942].
On the metal door, in Hebrew:
שמות
הקדושים
Translation: Names/ of the martyrs.
Commissioned by:
Families of victims from Wodzisław and Sędziszów.