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  Holocaust Memorial in the Jewish Cemetery in Zakynthos, Greece, 2013

© ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, Photographer: Arshynov, Hryhoriy, 2019

Name of Monument

No official name

What/Who is commemorated?

Jewish Holocaust victims born on Zakynthos and their families, living on Corfu and Crete,  who were deported from Corfu and Crete.

Description

In the Jewish cemetery of Zakythos, a tall, thin, white marble stele is set on a two level white marble base. A raised relief of a menorah with seven burning lamps is at the top, followed by memorial inscriptions in Greek and English.

Inscriptions

In Greek:

ΣΤΗ ΜNΗMΗ

ΤΩΝ ΕΒΡΑΙΩΝ ΓΕΝΝΗΘΕΤΩΝ

ΣΤΗΝ ΖΑΚΥΝΘΟ

ΚΑΙ ΤΩΝ ΟΙΚΟΓΕΝΕΙΩΝ ΤΟΥΣ

ΘΥΜΑΤΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΝΑΖΙΣΤΙΚHΣ ΘΗΡΙΩΔΙAΣ

ΠΟΥ ΔΙΕΜΕΝΑΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ

K ΣΤΑ ΧΑΝΙΑ

 In English:

IN MEMORIAM

JEWS BORN IN ZAKYNTHOS

AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO LIVED

IN CORFU AND CHANIA-CRETE

ALL VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST

 In Greek:

ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ

ΕΞΟΝΤΩΘΗΚΑΝ ΣΕ ΝΑΖΙΣTIKA ΣΤΡΑΤΟΠΕΔΑ

ΟΙ ΟΙΚΟΓΕΝΕΙΕΣ ΡΟΥΜΠΕΝ ΑΜΑΡ.ΕΥΑΣ Ι, ΓΑΝΗ

ΙΩΣΗΦ Η. ΓΑΝΗ ΣΑΜΟΥΗΛ ΓΑΝΗ. 

ΣΑΒΒΑ Γ ΔΑΛΜΕΡΕΓΟΥ ΚΑΝΑΡΗ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΗ

ΡΑΧΗΛ Δ. ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΗ-ΜΑΤΑΘΙΑ.ΝΑΧΑΜΑ Ε.

ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΗ-ΝΑΞΩΝ.ΣΤΑΜΑΤΙΑ 

ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΗ ΙΩΣΗΦ ΛΕΒΗΚ ΑΡΩΝ ΜΑΤΣΑ

ΜΕΛΗ ΤΩΝ ΟΙΚΟΓΕΝΕΙΩΝ ΛΑΖΑΡΟΥ ΛΕΒΗ.. 

ΣΑΜΟΥΗΛ ΛΕΒΗ ΜΩΥΣΗ Ρ. ΜΟΡΔΟΥ

Κ ΡΑΦΑΗΛ Ρ. ΜΟΡΔΟΥ

Translation: Corfu / The families were deported to Nazi camps. The families of: Reuben Amarevas, Gani Joseph, Gani Samuel, Gani Savva, G. Dalmeregou, Kanari Konstantini, Rachel D. Konstantini-Matathia. Nachama E. Konstantini-Naxon, Stamatia Konstantini, Joseph Levik, Aron Matsa, Members of the families of Lazaros Levi:. Samul Levi, Moses R. Mordou, K Rafael, R. Mordou.

In Greek:

ΧΑΝΙΑ ΚΡΗΤΗΣ

ΙΠΝΙΓΗΚΑΝ ΣΤΟ ΑΙΓΑΙΟ ΟΤΑΝ ΜΕΤΑ ΑΠΟ

ΒΟΜΒΑΡΔΙΣΜΟ ΒΥΘΙΣΤΗΚΕ ΤΟ ΠΛΟΙΟ ΠΟΥ

ΤΟΥ ΜΕΤΕΦΕΡΕ ΣΕ ΝΑΖΙΣΤΙΚΑ ΣΤΡΑΤΟΠΕΔΑ

ΟΙ ΟΙΚΟΓΕΝΕΙΕΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΩΝ Σ. ΓΑΝΗ.

ΣΑΒΒΑ Σ.ΓΑΝΗ Κ ΗΣΑΪΑ ΓΑΝΗ,

2013

 

ΟΙ ΖΑΚΥΝΘΙΟΙ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΙ ΤΙΜΟΥΜΕ ΤΗ ΜΝΗΜΗ ΤΟΥΣ

Translation: Chania, Crete / They drowned in the Aegean Sea when the ship that transported them to Nazi camps sank after a bombardment. The families of Solomon S. Gani, Savva S. Gani, and Isaiah Gani. / 2013 / The Jews of Zakynthos honor their memory

Commissioned by

Jews of Zakythos

Summary and Remarks
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Name/Title
Holocaust Memorial in the Jewish Cemetery in Zakynthos | Unknown
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2013
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Greece | Ionian Islands | Zakynthos (Ζάκυνθος)
| Behind St George’s Church
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White marble
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History/Provenance

The monument was erected by Jews from Zakynthos in 2013.

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Author of description
Samuel D. Gruber | 2024
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