Obj. ID: 56777
  Memorials  Memorial to Dieveniškės victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel, 1980s (?)

To the main object: Northeastern Alley of Holocaust Monuments in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel

Memorial Name:

No official name.

Who is Commemorated?

The Jews of Dieveniškės, Lithuania, and its surroundings, who perished in the Holocaust.

Description:

The monument is located in the Northeastern Alley of the cemetery, among numerous Holocaust memorials erected by Landsmannschaft organizations, survivors, and descendants.
The memorial consists of a tall, dark stone slab framed by two light-colored, upward-slanting stone wings. At the base, a smaller rectangular stone platform holds memorial stones and candles. The monument bears two engravings: on the right, a depiction of a Jewish man seen from behind, in prayer; on the left, an engraving of a bell. At the base of the main slab lies a rectangular platform covered with dark pebbles. The monument includes two niches, one on each side of the central slab, set within the white stone wings, designed to hold memorial candles. The monument bears Hebrew inscriptions honoring the community's memory. The community name is emphasized through the use of a larger font size.

Inscription:

לזכר קדושי

קהילות

דינבישוק

והסביבה

(פלך וילנה)

שהושמדו בשואה

בתש"ב–תש"ה

1942–1945

הי״ד

Translation: In memory of the holy communities of Dieveniškės and its surroundings (Vilna district) / who were annihilated in the Holocaust / in the years 5702–5705 [1942–1945] / May God avenge their blood.

On the base, in Hebrew: 

מי יתן ראשי מים ועיני מקור דמעה

ואבכה יום ולילה את חללי בת עמי

ירמיהו ח'

Translation: May my head be water / and my eyes a fountain of tears / that I might weep day and night / for the slain of my people" / Jeremiah

On the small platform from the left, in Hebrew: 

ונתתי להם יד ושם

אשר לא יכרת

ישעיה נו. ה'

  Translation: I will give them / a hand and a name / that shall not be cut off" / Isaiah 56:5

:On the right niche

לזכר

הקדושים

.Translation: In the memory/ of the martyrs

:On the left niche

לזכר

הנפטרים

 .Translation: In the memory/ of the deceased

Commissioned by: Association of Jews from Dieveniškės and its surroundings (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei Dieveniškės)