Obj. ID: 49796
Memorials  Plaque to Righteous Among the Nations at the Judenplatz in Vienna, Austria, 2001

Name of Monument

Gratitude plaque

What/Who is commemorated

People who helped Jews during the Holocaust

Description

A white marble rectangular plaque inscribed in Hebrew and German with red lettering is affixed to the exterior wall to the left of the entrance to Judenplaz 8, the Museum Judenplatz.

Inscriptions

in Hebrew:

 בס"ד [=בסיעתא דשמיא]
בתודה ובהוקרה לחסידי אומות העולם. אשר בשנות השואה
מוכנים היו הקריב את נפשם כדי להציל יהודים מידי
רודפיהם הנאצים ימ"ש [=ימח שמם].
חקהילות היהודיות באוסטריה
וינה. בחודש ניסן תשס"א

Translation: With God's assistance [Used by Orthodox Jews as opening to a text] // In gratitude and acknowledgment to the Righteous among the nations, who in the years of Shoah were ready to sacrifice their souls to save Jews from the Nazi persecutors, may their names be obliterated // Jewish communities of Austria // Vienna, Nisan, 5761 [=2001]

in German:

DANK UND ANERKENNUNG DEN GERECHTEN UNTER DEN
VÖLKERN, WELCHE IN DEN JAHREN DER SCHOAH UNTER EINSATZ
IHRES LEBENS JUDEN GEHOLFEN HABEN, DEN NACHSTELLUNGEN
DER NAZISCHERGEN ZU ENTGEHEN UND SO ZU ÜBERLEBEN

 DIE JÜDISCHEN GEMEINDEN ÖSTERREICHS

WIEN, IM MONAT APRIL 2001

Translation: Gratitude and acknowledgment to the Righteous among the Nations who during the years of the Shoah, at the risk of their lives, helped Jews to escape from the action of Nazi minions and to survive  / The Jewish Communities of Austria, Vienna, in April 2001

Commissioned by

The Jewish Communities of Austria