Obj. ID: 52785
Memorials Memorial to Dęblin-Modrzyc and Ryki Victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel, 1980s/2000s (?)
Memorial Name:
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Dęblin-Modrzyc and Ryki, Poland, perished in the Holocaust.
Description:
The monument is located in the Western Alley of the cemetery, along with dozens of other Holocaust memorials built by Landsmannschaft organizations, survivors, and family members.
The monument is a black granite (?) slab, sided with two white vertical columns and set on a white base. The memorial is fenced with four low white columns connected by chains.
The central slab has dedicatory inscriptions in Hebrew and a Star of David. In the bottom of the slab, is a round metal door surrounded by floral ornament and inscribed in Hebrew. Behind the door, scrolls with the victims' names are placed.
On the base, next to the right column, is a memorial candle holder.
Inscription:
In Hebrew, on the central slab:
לזכר
קדושי קהילות
דמבלין-מודזיץ
וריקי
שנספו בשואה
[השם יקום דמם] הי"ד
Translation: In memory/ of the holy communities Dęblin-Modzitz / and Ryki / who perished in the Holocaust / May God avenge their blood
In Hebrew, on the metal door:
שמות הקדושים
Translation: Names of the martyrs.
On the left column, in Hebrew:
יום
הזכרון
לקדושי
ריקי
כ"א אייר
תש"ב
Translation: Memorial Day for the martyrs of Ryki / 21st of Iyar, 5702 [May 8, 1942]
On the right column, in Hebrew:
יום
הזכרון
לקדושי
דמבלין
מודזיץ
י"ז חשון
תש"ג
Translation: Memorial Day for the martyrs of Dęblin-Modzitz / 17th of Cheshvan, 5703 [OCtober 28, 1943]
Commissioned by:
Families of victims.
sub-set tree: 
Width of the base: 181 cm
Width of the small pillars: 14 cm
Height of the small pillars: 86 cm
The memorial is built after 1973. That year the Landsmannschaft organization of Ryki Jews published the memorial book and mentioned the memorial plaque dedicated to Ryki Jews in Martef Hashoah (Chamber of the Holocaust) in Jerusalem and the memorial grove dedicated to Ryki Jewish community in Israel, but not the memorial in Holon cemetery. [Kanc, pp. 12, 573]
The design is almost identical to the design of the memorials toWodzisław and Sędziszów Victims (ID 52857) and to Skalat Victims of the Holocaust in the same cemetery.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Shtoḳfish, David, Sefer Demblin-Modz'its (Tel-Aviv: Irgune Demblin-Modz'its ba-Arets uve-ḥul, 1969)., https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/656e12e0-6a22-0133-2b73-00505686a51c (accessed July 9, 2024)
Kanc, Shimon, Yizker bukh tsum fareybiḳn dem ondenḳ fun dem ḥorev-geṿorener Yidisher ḳehile Riḳi (Tel Aviv, Irgun yotsʼe Riḳi be-Yiśraʼel, 1973), https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/yizkor-books/yzk-nybc313972/kanc-shimon-yizker-bukh-tsum-fareybikn-dem-ondenk-fun-dem-horev-gevorener (accessed July 16, 2024)