Memorial name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
25,658 Jews from Lutsk and the vicinity, who were murdered here
Description
The monument is located on a hill. It is two black upright slabs sitting on a base next to each other. The right slab bears a Ukrainian inscription and images of a prison lattice, a barbed wire, a burning candle and a plant branch around the inscription. A Hebrew inscription and a Magen David are carved on the left, smaller slab. A third slab with a Magen David, Yiddish and Ukrainian inscriptions is leaned on the right one. A territory of the monument is surrounded by a metal fence.
Inscriptions
Hebrew:
כאן נרצחו ונקברו
באוגוסט 1942 ע”י הרוצחים הגרמניים
ועוזריהם 25,658 יהודי לוצק והסביבה
ה’ ינקום דמם!
Translation: Here, 25,658 Jews of Lutsk and the vicinity were murdered and buried by the German murderers and their assistants in August 1942. May God avenge their blood!
Ukrainian:
Жертвам
Фашистського
геноциду
від лучан.
На цьому місці в серпні 1942 року
німецько-фашистськими окупан-
тами розстрілені 25658 громадян
єврейської національності жителів
м. Луцька та околиць.
Вклонимося в скорботі прахові
невинних жертв.
Вічна Вам памʼять.
Translation: To the Victims of fascist genocide from people of Lutsk. At this place in August 1942, 25,658 citizens of Jewish nationality, residents of the city of Lutsk and surroundings were shot to death by the German fascist occupiers. Let's bow in sorrow to the ashes of the innocent victims. Eternal memory to You.
Yiddish:
דאָ זענען ערמאָרדעט געוואָרן
אין אויגוסט 1942 דורך די
פאשסטישע אקופּאנטן
25658 יידן סאָוויעטישע
בירגער, אײַנוווינער פון לוצק
און זײַנע געגענדן.
Translation: Here, 25,658 Jews, Soviet citizens, residents of Lutsk and its surroundings, were murdered in August 1942 by the fascist occupiers.
Commissioned by
Local people, regional authorities and the Jewish Natives of Lutsk from Israel and the USA