Obj. ID: 56108
Memorials Horodenka Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Horodenka (Galicia), Ukraine (in 1939 - 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.
The monument is a large dark stone slab resembling a boulder, accompanied by several smaller tombstone-shaped slabs.
At its right foot stands a white stone monument with an arched top, featuring a small metal box engraved with a Star of David between two columns. In the front, three small dark slabs also resemble small rocks. The entire complex stands on a light stone-paved base and is surrounded by a decorative metal fence with metal flames. At one corner of the fence, there is a metal plaque.
Behind the small white slab, another boulder-shaped slab features a small metal door on its back.
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 large monument, in Hebrew:
הורודנקה
Translation: Horodenka
on the white stone monument, in Hebrew:
פה נטמן
אפר קדושי העיר
הי"ד
Translation: Here lie/the ashes of the city's martyrs/May God avenge their blood
on the small right-side monument, in Hebrew:
כ"ו ניסן
התש"ב
Translation: 26 Nisan 5702 [April 13, 1942]
on the central small slab, in Hebrew:
יום הזכרון
י"ד כסלו התש"ב
Translation: Memorial Day/14 Kislev 5702 [December 3, 1941]
on the small left-side slab, in Hebrew:
כ"ה אלול
התש"ב
Translation: 25 Elul 5702 [September 7, 1942]
on the metal plaque on the fence, in Hebrew:
השפוצים במצבה והתקנת הגדר
בוצעו בתרומתם של
אבא קרמר ומשפחת פלשנר
לזכרה של
פפי פלשנר ז"ל
[אותו הטקסט באנגלית]
Translation: The restoration of the monument and the installation of the fence/were carried out through the donation of/Aba Kramer and the Fleschner family/in memory of/Pepi Fleschner, of blessed memory.
at the bottom of the plaque, in Hebrew:
התכנון של אדריכל איזמן יהודה
תשמ"ד
Translation: Designed by architect Yehuda Eisman/5744 [1984]
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Horodenka (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=272.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Meltser, Shimshon (ed.), Sefer Horodenka (Tel Aviv: Association of Jews from Horodenka and Surroundings in Israel and the United States, 1963)., https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/40001af0-751e-0133-9b10-00505686a51c (accessed April 28, 2025)