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  Brzeziny Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Levin, Vladimir, 2024

 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)

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Brzeziny Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Date
1980s-1990s (?)
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Israel | Holon (חולון)
| At the cemetery fence
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Height of the central slab: 172 cm
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
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Author of description
Lital Spivak | 2024
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