Obj. ID: 56149
Memorials Międzyrzec Podlaski Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Międzyrzec Podlaski, 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 consists of four slabs, with the central one being the largest. It features a section resembling an engraving in the shape of a house with a pointed roof, as the upper part of the gravestone is shaped like a peaked roof. The other slabs resemble old, broken tombstones. The monument is set on a platform with dark stones and surrounded by seven short stone columns with memorial candle holders on top, connected with metal chains. The monument bears Hebrew and Yiddish inscriptions honoring the community's memory. The community name is emphasized through the use of a larger font size. Inscriptions indicate that the monument contains the ashes of the community's victims, who perished in the Holocaust.
Inscription:
On the central slab, in Hebrew:
לזכר קדושי
מז'ריטש
פודלסקי
ישרי דרך תמימי לב
אדירי תורה חכמה ודעת
אנשי עמל טהורים
שהוכחדו ע"י הנאצים
בשואה הנוראה של שנות
תרצ"ט-תש"ד 1939-1944
הי"ד
Translation: In memory of the martyrs / of Międzyrzec Podlaski / righteous and pure-hearted / scholars of Torah wisdom and knowledge / hardworking and pure individuals / who were annihilated by the Nazis / in the horrific Holocaust of 1939-1944 / may their memory be a blessing.
On the right slab, in Hebrew:
פלגי מים תרד עיני
על שבר בת עמי
איכה
Translation: Streams of water flow from my eyes / over the destruction of my people / Lamentations.
On the short slab, in Hebrew and Yiddish:
פה טמון אפר יקירינו הקדושים
צום אנדנק פון אונזערע
טייערסטע און נאנסטע
פון אללע מעריטשער לאנדלייט
און גאר די וועלט
Translation: Here lie the ashes of our holy loved ones / in memory of our dearest and closest / from all Mezhirichi landsmen / and the entire world.
On the left slab, in Hebrew:
הוקם
ע"י יוצאי מזריטש
בארץ ובתפוצות
Translation: Established /Jews from Międzyrzec / in Israel and the Diaspora /
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Międzyrzec Podlaski (Landsmanschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom).
sub-set tree: 
1.
Height: 108 cm
Depth: 10 cm
Width: 61 cm
2.
Height: 57 cm
Depth: 10 cm
Width: 105 cm
3.
Height: 200 cm
Depth: 20 cm
Width: 87 cm
4.
Height: 102 cm
Depth: 10
Width: 54 cm
General Width: 335 cm
Width of the column: 20 cm
Height of the column: 45 cm
Depth of the base: 104 cm
Height of the base: 22 cm
Bir, Menaḥem et al., Sefer Mezriṭsh : le-zekher ḳedoshe ʻirenu (Israel : ha-Merkaz ha-Mezriṭshaʼi be-Yiśrael ṿe-Irgune bene ʻirenu bi-tefutsot, 1978), https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/yizkor-books/yzk-nybc313889/bir-menahem-fiterman-sefer-mezritsh-le-zekher-kedoshe-irenu-h-y-d (accessed February 5, 2025)
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Encyclopedia of the ghettos (Yad Vashem project) , https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=597.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Horn, Yosef, ed. Mezritsh: Memorial Book in Sacred Memory of the Murdered Jews of Our Hometown in Poland: For the 10th Yahrzeit (Buenos Aires: Mezritsher Landsmanshaft in Argentina, 1952)., https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/64e57770-5e1a-0133-f1ca-00505686a51c (accessed January 29, 2025)
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39121"
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36642.jpg.