Obj. ID: 56157
Memorials Memorial to Łaszczów victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Łaszczów, 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 is a tall, light-colored stone stele, slanted at its top, with a black plaque affixed to it. The stele is flanked with sculptures of burning candles, as well as plaques with the names of the victims. At the bottom, there is a small, flat stone plaque. In its lower part, there is a small, dark metal door. The monument is set on a stepped base.
In front of the memorial, there are two short stone pillars connected by a metal chain. The left pillar has a bowl set on it.
The monument bears Hebrew inscriptions honoring the community's memory. The community name is emphasized through the use of a larger font size. The inscriptions indicate that the monument contains a scroll listing the names of the Jewish community's victims.
Inscriptions:
On the black plaque affixed to the stele, in Hebrew:
מצבת זכרון
לזכר
קדושי עירנו
קהילת
לשצ'וב
והסביבה
פלך לובלין
פולין
שנספו בשואה
הי"ד
1939-1945
תרצ"ט-תש"ה
Translation: Memorial Stele / In Memory of / The Martyrs of Our City / The Community of / Łaszczów / and Surroundings / Lublin District / Poland / Who Perished in the Holocaust / May Their Blood Be Avenged / 1939-1945 / 5699-5705.
On the stele itself, above the rectangular metal door, in Hebrew:
שמות הקדושים
Translation: Names of the martyrs.
On the small horizontal stone plaque at the base of the stele, in Hebrew:
עליה
לבניכם ספרו
ובניכם לבניהם
ובניהם
לדור אחר
יואל
Translation: Tell your children / and your children their children / and their children / to another generation / Joel [1:3].
On the plaques flanking the stele, in Hebrew:
שמות הקדושים
בחייהם ובמותם
הי"ד
Translation: Names of the Martyrs / In Their Lives and in Their Deaths / May Their Blood Be Avenged [followed by a list of the victims].
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Łaszczów, (Landsmanschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom)
sub-set tree: 
Width of the central slab: 100 cm
Depth of the central slab: 20 cm
Height of the candle: 137 cm
Height of the base: 50 cm
Height of the panel: 110 cm
Width of the panel: 30 cm
Height of the column: 55 cm
Width of the column: 20 cm
Depth of the column: 20 cm
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39116"
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36628.jpg.