Obj. ID: 34226
Memorials Holocaust Monument in Kopyl', Belarus, 1995
Memorial name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
Jewish prisoners of the Kopyl' ghetto, killed on July 22, 1942.
Description
The monument is a slab, standing on a massive granite base. Both the slab and its base bear the same irregular shape.
On the monument, there is an inscription in the Belarusian language.
Inscription
22 ліпеня 1942 года
закатаваны ўсе вязні яўрэйскага
гета - палавіна жыхароў горада.
Яўрэі тут мірна жылі пяць стагоддзяў.
Вечная памяць ахвярам нацызму!
Ад грамадзян Копыля
Translation: On July 22, 1942 / were tortured all the prisoners of the Jewish / ghetto - half the population of the town. / Jews lived here peacefully for five centuries. / Eternal memory to the victims of Nazism! / From the residents of Kopyl'.
Commissioned by
The residents of Kopyl'.
sub-set tree: 
There is another monument commemorating the prisoners of the Kopyl' ghetto that was erected on their killing site near the village of Kamienšyna.
Smilovitskii, Leonid, "Po sledam evreiskikh kladbishch Belarusi: Kopyl," Zhurnal-gazeta "Masterskaia," ed. Evgenii Berkovich., https://club.berkovich-zametki.com/?p=55909 (accessed January 24, 2024)