Obj. ID: 56106
Memorials Janów Lubelski Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Janów Lubelski, Poland, who perished in the Holocaust.
Description:
The monument is located in the Southeastern Alley of the cemetery, among dozens of other Holocaust memorials erected by Landsmannschaft organizations, survivors, and relatives.
It consists of a light-colored upright stone slab standing on a tiled stone base. To the right of the monument, a small stone structure with a metal door is positioned on the base. A small metal plaque with two flower-shaped metal handles is also attached to the base. At the foot of the main monument stands a small metal memorial candle box. On the left side of the monument, there is a bench with a commemorative metal plaque affixed to it. The monument bears Hebrew inscriptions honoring the community’s memory. 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 Jews who perished in the Holocaust.
Inscription:
on the main monument, in Hebrew:
Translation:
In memory of the martyrs/of Janów/Lublin District/May God avenge their blood/
Memorial Day: 24 Cheshvan
on the stone structure, in Hebrew:
Translation:
Oh, that my head were water/and my eyes a fountain of tears/that I might weep day and night/for the slain of the daughter of my people [Jeremiah 8:23]
on the metal plaque on the base, in Hebrew:
פ"נ
אפר הקדושים
Translation:
Here lie/the ashes/of the martyrs
on the bench plaque, in Hebrew and Polish:
Translation:
Janów Lubelski Organization in Israel/Janów Association – Dialogue Bench
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Janów Lubelski, Poland (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom).
sub-set tree: 
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Encyclopedia of the ghettos (Yad Vashem project) , https://wwv.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=485.