Obj. ID: 52820
Memorials Płock Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon, Bat Yam) Cemetery, Israel, 1981
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Płock, 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 in a concentration camp (according to the Center Organization of Holocaust Survivors in Israel website). It has a tall, rectangular, stone pillar with a flames-like design at the top. The flames are composed of the letters of the word "Płock" in Hebrew. The pillar is built from large, square stone blocks stacked on top of each other. The base of the monument features a detailed relief depicting a procession of Jews being deported by Nazis who stand behind them with weapons.
On the front side of the base, there are inscriptions in Hebrew.
In the middle of the base, there is a relief of a door with a lock. There are three memorial candle holders on the door.
Next to the central door, there is a smaller niche closed with a door, that contains the ashes from Auschwitz (?).
Inscriptions:
On the top of the monument, in Hebrew:
פלוצק
Translation: Płock.
On the right side of the base, in Hebrew:
לקדושי
פלוצק
1939-45
Translation: To the martyrs / of Płock/ 1939-45.
On the left side of the base, in Hebrew:
קהילה עתיקת יומין
נכחדה
1941-1237
דתתקצ'ז - התש'א
Translation: An ancient community / was annihilated / 1237-1941 / 4997-5701.
On the smaller door, in Hebrew:
[ה]פ
נט [מן]
אפר הקדושים
Translation: Here/ lie/ ashes/ of the martyrs.
On the back side of the monument in Hebrew:
הגרוש הכללי
1941
Translation: The general deportation / 1941
Commissioned by:
Lanndsmannschaft organization of Płock.
sub-set tree: 
F | Family | Jewish family
W | Weapons
H | Holocaust
H | Holocaust | Concentration camp
H | Holocaust | Concentration camp | Crematorium/oven
H | Holocaust | Concentration camp | Chimney | Chimney Flames
S | Soldier, warrior | Wehrmacht Soldier
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Width of the main vertical section: 85 cm
Depth of the main vertical section: 50 cm
Width of the base section: 235 cm
Depth of the base section: 108 cm
Height of the base section: 143 cm
On the base, in Hebrew:
עיצוב וביצוע אסתר אייזן
Translation: Design and execution by Esther Eisen.
According to the Center Organization of Holocaust Survivors in Israel website, the monument was erected in 1981.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Aizenberg, Eliyahu, Plotsḳ: Toldot Kehilah ʻAtiḳat-Yomin Be-Polin (Tel-Aviv: Ha-Menorah,1967), https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/816028a0-4e7e-0133-e1e5-00505686a51c (accessed July 30, 2024)
For the history of the monument, see
Brutin, Batya. Lihyot im ha-zikaron: andartot le-zekher ha-sho'ah be-israel (Ghetto Fighters House, 2005), 115-118..
For the history of the Monument , see "Plock,"
"Andartaot," in the website of Merkaz ha-irgunim shel nitzolei ha-shoah be-Israel (Center Organization of Holocaust Survivors in Israel)., https://www.holocaust-s.org/אנדרטת-מצבה/פלוצק/., http://www.holocaust-s.org/%d7%90%d7%a0%d7%93%d7%a8%d7%98%d7%90%d7%95%d7%aa/ (accessed November 21, 2022)