Obj. ID: 56132
Memorials Lipno Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Lipno, Poland and generally sux million Jews, who perished in the Holocaust.
Description:
The monument is located in the Southeastern Alley of the cemetery, among dozens of Holocaust memorials erected by Landsmannschaft associations and survivors.
The monument is composed of a tall rectangular stone slab set on a raised tiled platform. To its right is a second, darker headstone-like slab, and in front, a stone cube bearing a separate dedication.
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.
Inscriptions:
On the main slab, in Hebrew:
לזכר
קהילת
ליפנה
והסביבה
יום הזיכרון י"ז בתמוז
Translation: In memory of the Lipno community and surroundings / Memorial Day: 17 Tammuz.
On the front of the stone box, in Hebrew:
נזכור
ששה
מליון
הי"ד
Translation: We shall remember / six / million / may God avenge their blood.
On the left side of the stone box, in Hebrew:
פה נטמן אפר קדושי קהילות
ליפנה
לוביטש
סקמפה
קיקול
שנספו בשואה
בשנות תרצ"ט תש"ה
1945 1939
Translation: Here lie the ashes of the martyrs of the communities of / Lipno / Lubicz / Skępe / Kikół / who perished in the Holocaust / during the years 5699–5705 [1939–1945].
On the rear side of the main slab, in Hebrew:
ראשיתה של קהילת ליפנה
בשנת 1600 לערך
חורבנה בשנת 1940
Translation: The Lipno community was established around the year 1600 / Destroyed in 1940.
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Lipno, (Landsmanschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom).
sub-set tree: 
The Association of Jews from Lipno also installed a memorial plaque in the Chamber of the Holocaust in Jerusalem.
The memorial under discussion was built in 1976 [Alon, Sefer Lipno, pp. 289-291].
Alon, Shmuel, Sefer Lipno: Sḳampah, Luviṭsh, Ḳiḳol veha-sevivah (Tel Aviv: Irgun yotsʼe Lipno ṿeha-sevivah, 1988), https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/yizkor-books/yzk-nybc313857/alon-shmuel-sefer-lipno-skampah-luvitsh-kikol-veha-sevivah (accessed June 10, 2025)