Obj. ID: 30259
  Memorials  Monument to Children in the Jewish cemetery in Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania, 2014

To the main object: Jewish cemetery in Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania

Memorial Name

Holocaust Memorial Park

Who is Commemorated?

52 Jewish children deported from Sfântu Gheorghe in 1944.

Description:

The memorial is placed at the far end of the Jewish cemetery. A paved pathway leads to a high white stele that bears the Star od David and the Hebrew acronym ז"ל (of Blessed memory). On the prismatic base of the stele, the are three granite plaques. The plaque at the front bears dedications in Romanian, Hungarian, and Hebrew, while two plaques on the sides list the sponsors of the memorial in Romanian and Hungarian. There are benches along the pathway and in a circle surrounding the stele. Around the monument, 52 cypress trees were planted, each bearing the name of a deported child.

Inscription:

On the stele, in Hebrew:

ז"ל

Translation: of blessed memory

Plaque on the front side of the base:

In Romanian:

In memoria celor 52 de copii evrei din Sf. Gheorghe,
deportaţi in 1944 transformati în cenuşă de nazişti

Translation: In memory of the 52 Jewish children from Sf. Gheorghe, deported in 1944 [who were] turned into ashes by the Nazis

In Hungarian:

Annak az 52 sepsiszentgyörgyi zsidó gyerekembereknek
emlókére, akikot 1944-ben e väro bol deportáltak,
s valamennyiüket a gyilkos eszmek, hamuva őröltek.

Translation: In memory of the 52 Jewish children of Sepsiszentgyörgy [Sfântu Gheorghe] who were deported from this town in 1944, and all of them were ground to ashes by murderous ideas

In Hebrew:

לזכר אותם חמישים ושניים הילדים היהודיים שגורשו מהעיר ב-1944
אשר נטחנו לאפר [עפר?] ואפר עד האחרון שבהם בשם האידאולוגיה
הנאצית הרצחנית.

Translation: In memory of those fifty-two Jewish children that were deported from the town in 1944, who were ground to ashes until the last one of them in the name of the Nazi murderous ideology.

Plaque on the right side of the base, in Romanian:

PARCUL MEMORIAL AL HOLOCAUSTULUI

A fosi realizat din INITIATIVA supravietmorilor fostei
Comunitate evreilor din județul Trei Scaune, cu
sprijinul material şi moralial
PRIMĂRIEI SF. GHEORGHE, FEDERAȚIEI
COMUNITĂŢILOR EVREIEŞTI DIN ROMÂNIA ŞIA
COMUNITĂŢII EVREILOR DIN BRAŞOV-OBŞTEA
EVREILOR SF. GEORGHE
COMEMORAREA a 70 DE ANI
De la TRAGICELE EVENIMENTE
Mai 2014

Translation: Holocaust Memorial Park. It was made on the INITIATIVE of the survivors of the former Jewish Community from Trei Scaune county, with the material and moral support of the town hall of Sfântu Gheorghe, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania, the Jewish community of Braşov – the Jewish congregation of Sfântu Gheorghe in commemoration of 70 years from the tragic events. May 2014.

Plaque on the left side of the base, in Hungarian:

A HOLOKAUSZT EMLÉKPARK

A VOLT HÁROMSZÉKI ZSIDO HITKOZSEG
TÚLÉLŐ TAGJAINAK KEZDEMÉNYEZÉSÉRE,
A SEPSISZENTGYÖRGYI POLGÁRMESTERI
HIVATAL A ROMANIAI ZSIDÓ HITKÖZSEGEK
SZÖVETSEGE, A BRASSÓI ZSIDÓ HITKÖZSEG
ÉS A SEPSISZENTGYÖRGYI ZSIDÓ KÖZÖSSEG
ANYAGI ÉS ERKÖLCSI TÁMOGATASAVAL LETESULTI
A TRAGIKUS ESEMENYEK EMLEKENEK
70-IK ÉVFORDULÓJÁRA
2014 MAJUS Á BAN

Translation: Holocaust Memorial Park. On the initiative of the surviving members of the former Jewish Community of Háromszék [Trei Scaune]; the town hall of Sepsiszentgyörgy [Sfântu Gheorghe], the Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania, the Jewish community of Brassó [Braşov] and the Jewish congregation of Sepsiszentgyörgy [provided] financial and moral support for commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the tragic events in May 2014.

Commissioned by

The town hall of Sfântu Gheorghe, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania, the Jewish community of Braşov, and the Jewish congregation of Sfântu Gheorghe.