Obj. ID: 56144
  Memorials Brzeziny Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Brzeziny, Poland, who perished in the Holocaust.
Description:
The monument is located in the Southeastern Alley of the cemetery, along with dozens of other Holocaust memorials built by Landsmannschaft organizations, survivors, and relatives. The monument features a large wide stone slab with an engraving of the community's synagogue. In the center of it, there is a dark plaque. The monument is set on a stepped base. On both sides of it, there are small stone structures. 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. The inscriptions also indicate that the monument contains a scroll listing the names of the Jewish community's victims.
Inscription:
On the slab and the plaque, top to bottom, in Hebrew:
'לזכר קדושי בז'ז'ין ע"י לודז
לאחינו ואחיותינו קדושי עירנו
שנספו ע"י הנאצים ימ"ש
בשנות הדמים תרצ"ט-תש"ה
יום הזכרון ב' סיון
עליה לבניכם ספרו ובניהם לדור אחר (יואל א')
Translation: In memory of the martyrs of Bezhin near Lodz / Our brothers and sisters, martyrs of our town / Perished by the Nazis (may their name be erased) / During the years of blood 1939-1945 / Memorial Day: 2nd of Sivan / Tell your children, and their children to the next generation (Joel 1).
On a lying slab, on the base, in Hebrew:
פה טמון
אפר קדושים
הי"ד
Translation: Here lies / Ashes of martyrs / May their blood be avenged (HY"D).
On the small stone structure, from the right, in Hebrew:
שמות הקדושים
Translation: Names of the martyrs.
On the small stone structure, from the left:
נר ה' נשמת אדם
Translation: The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD [Proverbs 20:27]
Translation: Memorial to the martyrs of the town / Volchin near Brisk / Who were murdered by the Nazis / And buried in a mass grave in the town / And to those whose burial place remains unknown.
Commissioned by: Association of Jews from Brzeziny, (Landsmanschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom)
sub-set tree: 
Width of the monument 207 cm
Height of the base: 30 cm
Depth of the slab: 29 cm
Width of the box: 25 cm
Height of the box: 43 cm
Encyclopedia of the ghettos (Yad Vashem project) , https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=123.
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39040" The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House,
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36573.jpg.