Obj. ID: 46175
  Memorials  Holocaust Memorial Plaque at Beth Israel Synagogue in Greenville, SC, USA, 1970s (?)

To the main object: Beth Israel Synagogue in Greenville, SC, USA

Name of Monument

untitled

What/Who is commemorated?

Six million victims of the Holocaust

 Description 

A rectangular bronze wall plaque is attached to the south wall of the synagogue sanctuary, just to the left of the stained-glass windows. Most of the plaque is filled with a five-line commemorative inscription in stylized Hebrew letters. A teardrop is depicted falling from the Hebrew word HaShoah. An English inscription in an unadorned font is at the bottom of the plaque.

Inscriptions

identical inscriptions in Hebrew and English:

לזכר

ששה

מליוני

קדושי

השואה

In Memory

of the

Six Million

Victims

of the Holocaust

Commissioned by

Congregation Beth Israel