Obj. ID: 56898
Memorials Holocaust memorial plaque in the New (Eastern) Jewish cemetery in St. Gallen, Switzerland, 1953
To the main object: New (Eastern) Jewish cemetery in St. Gallen, Switzerland
Name of Monument
No official name
What/Who is commemorated?
The victims of the Holocaust.
Description
The memorial plaque bears the Menorah and two inscriptions: in German and Hebrew.
Inscription:
In German
Zum
Gedenken
an die
Millionen
jüdischer
Menschen,
die in den
Jahren der
deutschen
Verfolgung
1933–1945
erbarmungslos
vernichtet
wurden
Translation: In memory of the millions of Jewish people who were mercilessly exterminated during the years of German persecution 1933-1945.
In Hebrew
יזכר
הי את
עקדתם
Translation: May God remember the embedded.
Commissioned by
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Summary and Remarks
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Name/Title
Holocaust memorial plaque in the New (Eastern) Jewish cemetery in St. Gallen | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Date
1953
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Unknown
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1 image(s)
Textual Content
Shape / Form
Material / Technique
Stone
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Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
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0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
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Direction/Location
Façade (main)
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Colophon
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Suggested Reconstruction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources
Meyer, Fabienne, "Verzeichnis der Shoah-Denkmäler in der Schweiz," in Erzählweisen des Sagbaren und Unsagbaren. Formen des Holocaust-Gedenkens in schweizerischen
und transnationalen Perspektiven, ed. Maoz Azaryahu et al., (Köln: Böhlau Verlag), 491-510
Type
Documenter
Fabienne Meyer | 2015
Author of description
Fabienne Meyer and Liza Schwartz | 2026
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Object Copyright
Negative/Photo. No.
The following information on this monument will be completed: