Obj. ID: 56119
Memorials Kłodawa Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Kłodawa, Poland (today Kłodawa, Poland), who perished in the Holocaust.
Description:
The monument is located in the Eastern Alley of the cemetery, along with dozens of other Holocaust memorials built by Landsmannschaft organizations, survivors, and relatives.
It is a tall, narrow, upright slab made of light-colored stone, standing on a paved stone base. On the base lies a smaller, flat stone slab. A small stone structure for a memorial candle is also placed on the base. 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 upright monument, in Hebrew:
לזכר קדושי
קלודבה
פולין
הי״ד
קרבנות השואה
תרצ״ט – תש״ה
1939 – 1945
יום הזכרון כ״ב בטבת
Translation: In memory of the martyrs of/Kłodawa/Poland/May God avenge their blood/Victims of the Holocaust/5699–5705 [1939–1945]/Memorial day: 22 Tevet.
on the flat stone slab, in Hebrew:
פה נטמן
אפר קדושי העיר קלודבה
והסביבה
Translation: Here lie the ashes/of the martyrs of the city of Kłodawa/and the surrounding area.
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Kłodawa, Poland (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom).
