Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Monastyryska, Poland (Monasterzyska, Ukraine), and surrounding communities who perished in the Holocaust.
Description:
The monument is located in the Southeastern Alley of the cemetery, along with dozens of other Holocaust memorials built by Landsmannschaft organizations, survivors, and relatives. The monument consists of a tall, light-colored stone slab featuring a relief of the Star of David. At its base, there is a small stone structure with a metal door. The entire monument stands on a stone base, surrounded by four low stone pillars connected by a metal chain. The monument bears Hebrew inscriptions honoring the community's memory. The community name is emphasized through the use of a larger font size. The inscriptions indicate that the monument contains a scroll listing the names of the Jewish community's victims.
Inscriptions:
On the slab, in Hebrew:
Translation: In memory of the martyrs of the Jewish community of Monastyryska and the surrounding area/who perished in the Holocaust/May God avenge their blood.
:On the metal door, in Hebrew
Translation: Names/ of the martyrs. /
On the base, in Hebrew:
שהובלו ע"י הגרמנים ימ"ש
למשרפות ההשמדה
תש"ב-תש"ה
הונצח ע"י יוצאי
מונסטרז'יסקה והסביבה
בישראל ובתפוצות
Translation: Who were led by the Germans/may their names be obliterated/to the extermination crematoria/1942–1945. / Erected by the survivors of Monastyryska and the surrounding area/in Israel and the Diaspora.
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Monastyryska, Poland (Monasterzyska, Ukraine) (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom).