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  Corfu Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon, Bat Yam) Cemetery, Israel

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Levin, Vladimir, December 2023

Memorial Name:

No official name

Who is Commemorated?

The Jews of Corfu, 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 features classical architectural elements, including a triangular pediment, a frieze, and two round columns. An urn stands in between two columns. Behind the columns, there are two steles. The left one is inscribed in Hebrew and Greek and the right one, according to the inscription on it, bears a depiction of Corfu's synagogue. At the bottom of the steles, there are architecturally designed memorial candle holders.

The memorial sits on a raised platform with steps.  In the front of the steps, there is a row of short pillars connected by chains. 

The monument bears Hebrew and Greek inscriptions that honor the memory of the community. The community name is emphasized through the use of a larger font size. One of the inscriptions indicates that the monument contains the ashes of the Jewish victims. 

Inscriptions

In Hebrew, on the triangular pediment: 

מצבת זכרון

Translation: Memorial monument

In Hebrew, on the frieze:

ליהודי קורפו שלא זכו לקבר ישראל 

Translation: To the Jews of Corfu who did not merit a grave in Israel 

In Hebrew and Greek, on the left stele: 

קורפו
שכולים וגלמודים אלמנים ויתומים
נותרנו יהודי קורפו בארץ ישראל
ובתפוצות אחרי השואה אין בית
ואין משפחה שאחד מרבים ובניה לא
הומתו במתות משונות ע"י הצוררים
הגרמנים כאלפיים יהודי קורפו הושמדו
בשואה מתוך ששת מליוני אחינו באירופה

ארץ אל תכסי דמם (איוב ט"ז י"ח)

CORFU - ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ

מצבת זכרון זו הוקמה ע"י
ניצולי השואה מקורפו בישראל

יום הזכרון

ח' תמוז תש"ד

29.06.1944

Translation: Corfu// Bereaved and lonely, widowers and orphans / We, the Jews of Corfu, remained in Israel / And in the Diaspora after the Holocaust / There is no house / And no family that did not lose / Many of their members/ who were killed by the German oppressors / About 2,000 Jews of Corfu were exterminated / In the Holocaust out of six million of our brothers in Europe/ O earth, cover not thou their blood (Job 16:18)/ CORFU - ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ [the Greek name for Corfu] / This memorial was erected by / Holocaust survivors from Corfu in Israel/ Memorial Day / 8th of Tammuz 5704 [=1944]/ 29.06.1944

On the Right stele, In Hebrew:  

פנים בית הכנסת בקורפו

סקולה-גרקה

Translation: The interior of the Synagogue in Corfu/ Skoula Greka [Greek school]

On the urn, in Hebrew: 

קורפו

Translation: Corfu

On the ground, beside the urn, in Hebrew:

פה נטמן אפר הקדושים

 

Commissioned by:
Holocaust survivors from Corfu.
Summary and Remarks
Remarks

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Name/Title
Corfu Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon, Bat Yam) Cemetery | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Date
1990s (?)
Active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Unknown |
Congregation
Unknown
Location
Israel | Holon (חולון)
| Ha-Komemiyut St.
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Unknown|
Period
Unknown
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Collection
Unknown |
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
19 image(s)      

19 image(s)      
Iconographical Subject
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Stone, Marble, Metal (chains)
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Material Decoration
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Material Inscription
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Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
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Measurements
Height: 249 cm
Length: 119 cm
Depth: 149 cm
Height of pillar: 75 cm
Width of pillar: 19 cm
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Documented by CJA
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Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
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Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
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0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
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Façade (main)
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Temp: Architecture Axis
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Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
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Suggested Reconstruction
History/Provenance
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Sources

For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
The Jewish Community of Corfu (ANU project), https://dbs.anumuseum.org.il/skn/en/c6/e180181/Place/Corfu (accessed July 4, 2024)
Type
Documenter
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Author of description
Lital Spivak | 2024
Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Language Editor
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Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.
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