Obj. ID: 52798
Memorials Memorial to Kamień Koszyrski (Kamin' Kashyrskyi) victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Kamień Koszyrski, Poland (today Kamin' Kashyrskyi, Ukraine), 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 made of stone and designed in the shape of a candle, surrounded by a metal fence, part of which is nowadays broken. The flame is also made out of metal and is colored orange which has faded over the years. At the front, there is a small stone column intended for a memorial candle. The monument features Hebrew inscriptions encircling it.
Inscription:
On the monument, top to bottom, in Hebrew:
לזכר
קהילות
קמין-קושירסקי
והסביבה
ארץ אל תכסי דמם
יום הזכרון כ"ז מנ'-אב
קמין - קושירסקי
לובישוב
פניבנה
גלושא רבתא וזוטא
והסביבות
תאריכי השמדה
.. אלול תש"א (1941)
כ"ז מנ'-אב תש"ב (1942)
כ"ב מ.. חשוון תש"ב (1942)
Translation: In Memory of / The communities of Kamień Koszyrski and its surroundings / Earth, do not cover their blood [Job 16:18]/ Memorial Day: 27th of Menachem Av / Kamień Koszyrski / Lubaczów / Pnevno / Gluscha Rabta [?] and Zuta [?] / And the surrounding areas / Dates of annihilation: [...] Elul 5701 (1941) / 27th of Menachem Av 5702 (1942) / 22nd of Mar-Cheshvan 5702 (1942).
On the small stone collumn:
לזכרו של
י פלוט ז"ל
מיוזמי הקמת המצבה
כ"ז מנ' אב תשמ"ג
ארגון יוצאי קמין קשירסקי
והסביבה
Translation: In memory of Y. Plot z”l [May his memory be a blessing], initiator of the monument's establishment / 27th of Menachem Av 5743 / Organization of Kamin-Kashirskiy and Surroundings Emigrants.
פה נטמנה
מגילת הקדושים
Translation: Here lies the Scroll of the Martyrs.
Commissioned by: Holocaust survivors from Kamień Koszyrski (Kamin' Kashyrskyi).
sub-set tree: 
"Execution of Jews in Kamin-Kashyrskyi,"
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum, http://www.yahadinunum.orgwww.yahadmap.org/en/#village/kamin-kashyrskyi-kamien-koszyrski-volyn-ukraine.106.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Encyclopedia of the ghettos (Yad Vashem project) , https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=963.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Shtain, A. S., Krust, Y., Orz'itser, A. M. (eds.), Memorial Book for the Community of Kamin-Koshirsk and Its Surroundings (Tel Aviv: Organization of Kamin-Koshirsk Emigrants and Its Surroundings in Israel, 1965)., https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/654b42a0-79bb-0133-0ec5-00505686d14e (accessed November 21, 2024)
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39168"
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36648.jpg.