Obj. ID: 33127
Memorials  Holocaust Monument at the Killing Site in Bogushevichi, Belarus, 2008

Memorial name:

No official name.

Who is Commemorated?

380 Jews of the Bogushevichi, killed in 1941.

Description

The monument is an upright stele of an irregular shape, standing on a granite base that, in turn, stands on a paved piece of ground.

In the upper part of the stele, the menorah is depicted.

The monument bears three non-identical inscriptions: in Belarusian, Russian, and Hebrew. At the bottom of the monument, there is an additional inscription identifying the foundations that erected the monument. 

The inscriptions are framed with a long strip on their left side. 

Inscription

In Belarusian: 

Ахвярам нацызму

Тут у 1941 г. былі зверскі
закатаваны 380 яўрэяў -
мясцовых жыхароў

Translation: To the victims of Nazism / Here in 1941 were brutally / tortured to death 380 Jews- / local residents.  
 

In English: 

To the everlasting
memory of the
Victims of the Holocaust

Here, in 1941, 380 Jews
from this area were
brutally murdered.

In Hebrew: 

לזכרון קורבנות הנאצים

במקום זה בשנת 1941 נרצחו
באכזריות 380 יהודים - 
תושבי במקום
ת * נ * צ * ב * ה

Translation: In memory of the Nazi victims. At this site in 1941 were brutally murdered 380 Jews - local residents. May their souls be bound in the bundle of life.
 

At the bottom of the monument, in English:

This memorial was erected through the efforts of
Belarusian Jewish Community and thanks to
to the Simon Mark Lazarus Foundation, UK, 
the Miles and Marilyn Kletter Family Foundation, USA, 
the Warren and Beverly Geisler Family Foundation, USA.  

Commissioned by
The Simon Mark Lazarus Foundation, the Miles and Marilyn Kletter Family Foundation, and the Warren and Beverly Geisler Family Foundation.