Obj. ID: 52796
  Memorials  Memorial to Kalisz Victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel, 1982

To the main object: Western Alley of Holocaust Memorials in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel

Memorial Name:

No official name.

Who is Commemorated?

The Jews of Kalisz, Poland, who 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 relatives.

The monument is designed to resemble a crematorium, featuring a red brick chimney and a structure resembling an oven opening with metal doors on its side. There are two metal plaques inside the "oven", with a Hebrew inscription that indicates that the monument contains the ashes of the community's victims, who perished in the Holocaust. At the front, there is a metal relief depicting a group of Jews being deported by Nazi soldiers. The relief is signed by the artist Jacob Green and dated 1982. The monument bears Hebrew and Yiddish inscriptions honoring the community's memory. The community name is emphasized through the use of a larger font size. 

Inscription:

On the front side of the monument, right to left, in Hebrew and Yiddish:

קהילה

עתיקת יומין

נכחדה

צום אנדענקען

די אומנעקומענע

שנספו בשואה הי"ד

תרצ"ט - תש"ה

על אלה אני בוכיה

יום הזכרון

נקבע כ"ב סיון

לזכר קדושי קהילת קאליש והסביבה

Translation: Ancient/ Community /Perished/“Tzum Andenken” [Yiddish: In Memory]/“Di Umgekommene” [Yiddish: The Perished]/For those who perished in the Holocaust/May their memory be blessed 5699-5705 [1939–1945]/On these I weep [Lamentations 1:16]/Memorial Day established on 22 Sivan/In memory of the martyrs of the Kalisz community and its surroundings.

On the metal plaques, in the "oven", in Hebrew: 

פה

נטמן אפר

הקדושים

פה טמון

אפר

הקדושים

Translation: Here lie/ the ashes of the martyrs

Commissioned by:

Landsmannschaft organization of Kalisz