Obj. ID: 56345
Memorials Holocaust memorial in Zhovkva, Ukraine
Memorial name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Holocaust Victims of Zhovkva ghetto, who were murdered here
Description
The monument is located at the site of the killings. It consists of two upright slabs, with the lower slab partly obscuring the taller one. A black stone plaque with an image of two hands, along with Yiddish and Ukrainian inscriptions, is affixed to the first slab. The second slab features a small plaque at the top, displaying a Magen David.
Inscriptions
Yiddish
צום גייליקן [=הייליקן] אנדענק
פון די 3500 קדושים
אין זשאָווקווער געטאָ
ת’נ’צ’ב’ה’
Translation: To the blessed memory of 3,500 martyrs in the Zhovkva Ghetto. May their souls be bound in the bundle of life
Ukrainian
Священній памʼяті
3500 жертв
жовківського
гетто
25.03.1943 року
Translation: To the blessed memory of 3,500 Jews of the Zhovkva Ghetto 25 March 1943
sub-set tree: 
During the liquidation of the Zhovkva Ghetto, some of the Jews were sent to the Yanivskyi forced labor camp. All the rest Zhovkva ghetto were murdered on March 25, 1943 in Bir Forest [Tsal Kaplun Foundation].
"Miejsce egzekucji i zbiorowa mogiła ofiar Zagłady,"
Virtual Shtetl (POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews), https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/media/85389-zolkiew-miejsce-egzekucji-i-zbiorowa-mogila-ofiar-zaglady?ref=art&nid=53317.
"Zhovkva: Bir Forest,"
Shoah Atrocities Map - Ukraine (Tsal Kaplun Foundation), https://shoahatlas.org/u2333.html.
"Zhovkva putivnyk,"
Shtetl Routes (Ośrodek „Brama Grodzka – Teatr NN”), https://shtetlroutes.eu/uk/zhowkwa-putvnik/.
"Żółkiew," Muzeum i Miejsce Pamięci w Bełżcu, https://www.belzec.eu/media/files/pages/291/zolkiew.pdf (accessed November 28, 2024)