Obj. ID: 56117
Memorials Nesvizh Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Nesvizh, Belarus, who perished in the Holocaust.
Description:
The monument is located in the Eastern section of the cemetery, among many other memorials commemorating Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust. It is a tall, narrow light-colored stone stele. Its top forms a rectangular shape with the upper right corner curved like a symbolic horn. The monument stands on a base paved with round stones and is surrounded by short metal posts connected by a metal chain. On the back is a small metal door enclosing a recessed niche designed for a memorial candle. The monument bears Hebrew inscriptions honoring the memory of the community.
Inscription:
on the monument, in Hebrew:
לעדות עולם
לקדושי קהילת
ניסוויז'
(רוסיה הלבנה) ט' מרחשוון התש"ב
30.10.1941
ז' מנחם אב התש"ב
22.7.1942
הגטו הראשון שמרד בצוררים הנאצים
ז' מנחם אב התש"ב - 22.7.1942
ארץ אל תכסי דמם
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 (5:23)]/As an eternal witness / to the martyrs of the Nesvizh community / (Belarus) / 9 Marheshvan 5702 / 30 Oct. 1941 / 7 Av 5702 / 22 July 1942 / the first ghetto / that rebelled against the Nazi oppressors / 7 Av 5702 – 22 July 1942/Earth, do not cover their blood.
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Nesvizh, Belarus (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom)
sub-set tree: 
"Execution of Jews in Nesvizh,"
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum, http://www.yahadinunum.orgwww.yahadmap.org/#village/nesvizh-minsk-belarus.434.
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=660.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Shtokfish David (ed.), Sefer Nisvizh ([Israel]: Irgune Yotsei Nisvizh be-Yisrael uva-Tefutsot, 1976), https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a91845e0-541a-0133-8c7f-00505686d14e (accessed May 6, 2025)
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Untold Stories - Murder Sites of Jews in Occupied Territories of the USSR (Yad Vashem project), https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/untold-stories/community/14621672.