Obj. ID: 52673
Memorials Holocaust memorial in Rivne, Ukraine, 2019
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Jewish Holocaust Victims from Rivne
Description
The monument is located at the place of the entrance to the Rivne ghetto. It is a part of a brick wall, damaged on the left side. The wall has a rectangular opening which has a metal frame and a metal Menorah within it. To the left of the opening, a white plaque with Ukrainian, English and Hebrew inscriptions is attached. A metal suitcase stands in front of the wall.
Inscriptions
Ukrainian
На цьому місці знаходився вʼїзд у гетто – місце примусового утримання
євреїв м. Рівне в час його окупації нацистською Німеччиною. Впродовж
грудня 1941 – середини липня 1942 рр. у ньому поневірялося понад
5 тис. людей (з-поміж них – 1300 дітей). Нацисти вивезли їх потягом до
м. Костопіль, де безжалісно розстріляли.
Рівняни памʼятають
Translation: At this place, the entrance to the ghetto was located – the place of detention of the Jews of Rivne city during the Nazi Germany occupation. During December 1941 – mid-July 1942, more than 5,000 people (including 1,300 children) suffered there. The Nazis have brought them to Kostopil city, where [they] ruthlessly shot [them]. People of Rivne remember.
English
This place marks the entrance to the ghetto – the place of the forced
detention of Rivne Jews during the occupation by Nazi Germany. During
December 1941 – mid–July 1942, more than 5 thousand people (including
1,300 children) suffered in the ghetto. Then, the Nazis took them by train to
Kostopil, where they all were ruthlessly shot.
People of Rivne remember.
Hebrew
במקום הזה היתה הכניסה לגטו, שבו יהודי ריבנה הוחזקו בכפייה בתוך כדי כיבוש
העיר על-ידי גרמנייה הנאצית. במשך דצמבר בשנת 1941 עד האמצע יולי בשנת 1942
בגטו סבלו יותר מ-5000 אנשים (ובתוכם - 1300 ילדים). נצאיים הסי[ע]ו אותם ברכבת
לעיר קוסטופיל איפה ירו לעבר ללא חמדה.
תושבי ריבנה זוכרים.
Translation: At this place, there was the entrance to the ghetto, in which Jews of Rivne were forcibly kept during the occupation of the city by Nazi Germany. During December 1941 until the mid-July of 1942, more than 5,000 people (including 1,300 children) were suffering there. Nazis took them by train to the Kostopil city, where they shot [them] without mercy. Residents of Rivne remember. [Akwardly formulated Hebrew]
Commissioned by
NGO "Center "Mnemonics"
sub-set tree: 
Length (bottom) 2,74 m
Length (top) 1,87 m
Width 0,42 m
Height 2,47 m
The suitcase:
Length 0,77 m
Width 0,25 m
Height 0,5 m
The ghetto in Rivne was established after mass killing in Sosonky Tract. There were 5,403 Jews in the ghetto. During its liquidation on July 13, 1942, the Nazis brought the ghetto inmates to Kostopil city and shot them there ["Video report of the preparation for the installation of the memorial sign," NGO "Center "Mnemonics"].
The monument was erected on the initiative of NGO "Center "Mnemonics." The initiative was supported by the representative of the Jewish community of Düsseldorf Matthias Richter, local authority representatives, representatives of the Jewish Cultural Society, and Jewish religious community of Rivne [NGO "Center "Mnemonics"].
The founding members of the NGO "Center "Mnemonics," Natalia Ivchyk, Petro Dolhanov, and Maksym Hon, designed the monument. Dolhanov suggested erecting a "damaged" wall made from the bricks of one of the Rivne ghetto houses. An idea to make a window with a Menorah in the wall belonged to Hon. Ivchyk proposed adding a suitcase, which often appeared in memories of the ghetto inmates [personal communication of Marina Sedova with Petro Dolhanov].
The unveiling ceremony took place on December 13, 2019. About 100 local residents took part in the ceremony and laid flowers to the monument [NGO "Center "Mnemonics"].
Kyianchuk, Anastasiia and Anton Pukhov, "U Rivnomu vidkryly pamiatnyi znak vbytym yevreiam," Teleradiokompaniia Rivne 1, December 13, 2019, https://rivne1.tv/news/109254-u-rivnomu-vidkrili-pamyatniy-znak-vbitim-evreyam (accessed December 2, 2023)
"Memorial sign to the victims of Rivne ghetto," NGO "Center "Mnemonics", https://mnemonika.org.ua/en/memorial-zhertvam-ghetto (accessed January 1, 2024)