Obj. ID: 52779
Memorials Byteń (Bytsen') Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon, Bat Yam) Cemetery, Israel, 1990s/2000s
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Byteń, Poland (today Bytsen, Belarus) who perished in the Holocaust.
Description:
The memorial is located in the Western Alley of the cemetery in Holon, along with dozens of other Holocaust memorials built by Landsmannschaft organizations.
The memorial is a light-colored stone obelisk with a black plaque mounted on it. The obelisk is set on the platform. There are holders for memorial candles at the bottom of the obelisk.
Inscription:
On the black plaque, in Hebrew:
לזכר קדושי קהילת
בִּיטֵן
והסביבה
שנרצחו בשואה בידי הנאצים ועוזריהם ימ"ש
אב-אלול תש"ב
תשרי תש"ג
יולי-ספטמבר 1942
Translation: To the memory of the holy members of the community/ Byteń [written in large letters with vocalization signs]/and the surroundings /who were murdered in the Holocaust by the Nazis and their collaborators, May their names be obliterated/ Av-Elul 5702 [1942]/ Tishrei-5703 [1942] /September to July 1942
At the front of the platform, in Hebrew:
פה טמון עפר
מגיא ההריגה בביטן
Translation: Here lies earth brought from the killing fields in Bitan.
On plaque attached to the upper part of the platform, in Hebrew:
זכרם לא ימוש מקרבנו
Translation: Their memory will not be erased from our midst
Commissioned by:
Landsmannshaft organiztion, Families of victims.
sub-set tree: 
"Byten,"
Untold Stories - Murder Sites of Jews in Occupied Territories of the USSR (Yad Vashem project), https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/untold-stories/community/14622573.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Bernstein, Mordechai Wolf, and Dodl Abramowitz, Bitaner landslayt in Argenṭine (Buenos Aires: Biṭaner landslayṭ in Argenṭine, 1954), https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/971da0c0-63aa-0133-be6b-00505686d14e/book?page_start=left#page/1/mode/2up (accessed July 1, 2024)
For the history of the town and Holocaust history, see "Execution of Jews in Byten,"
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum, https://www.yahadmap.org/#village/byten-brest-belarus.376.