Obj. ID: 8310
Memorials Monument to the victims of the Chişinău ghetto, Moldova, 1993
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Martyrs and victims of the Chişinău ghetto.
Description:
The report "Jewish Historic Monuments and Sites in Moldova" published by The United States Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad in 2010 describes the memorial: "The monument … consists of a large bronze standing figure of a praying Jew, with his left hand on his heart and his right hand holding Scripture, symbolizing the suffering of the prisoners. The figure is on a pedestal, and set against a broken red granite wall, at the center of which is a void in the shape of a shattered Magen David (Star of David)." (Jewish Heritage Sites and Monuments in Moldova, p. 16).
Inscriptions:
In Yiddish:
קדושים און קרבנות
םון דער קעשענעווער געטא!
מיר, די לעבעדיקע,
געדענקען תמיד אייך.
יתגדל ויתקדש
שמה רבא...
Translation: Martyrs and victims of the Kishinev ghetto! We, the living, remember you always. Exalted and sanctified be His great name [the opening verse of the Kaddish]
In Romanian:
Martiri şi victime
din ghetoul Chişinau!
Noi, cei vii,
nu vă uitâm.
Translation: Martyrs and victims of the Kishinev ghetto! We, the living, do not forget you.
In Russian:
Мученики и жертвы
Кишиневского гетто!
Мы, живые,
помним о вас.
Translation: Martyrs and victims of the Kishinev ghetto! We, the living, remember you.
On the right side, in Russian:
Архитектор
С. Шойхет
Скульптор
Н. Эпельбаум
На средства
И. Симиряна
ОЕК Молдовы
Еврейского
Агенства
«Сохнут»
ИКИЦ Молдовы
Translation: Architect S. Shoikhet, Sculptor N. Epelbaum, funded by I. Simirian, The Society of Jewish Culture of Moldova, Jewish Agency “Sokhnut,” the Israeli Culture and Information Center of Moldova.
Commissioned by
I. Simirian, The Society of Jewish Culture of Moldova, Jewish Agency “Sokhnut,” the Israeli Culture and Information Center of Moldova
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On the right side of the granite wall, in Russian: Архитектор С. Шойхет, cкульптор Н. Эпельбаум
The report "Jewish Historic Monuments and Sites in Moldova" published by The United States Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad in 2010 states: "The Chişinău Ghetto was established in 1941. On April 22, 1993, a monument to those imprisoned there was placed on the border of this ghetto at Jerusalem 3000 Street. The monument, designed by sculptor Naum Epelbaum (b. 1927) and architect Simeon Shoihet (b. 1931), consists of a large bronze standing figure of a praying Jew, with his left hand on his heart and his right hand holding Scripture, symbolizing the suffering of the prisoners. The figure is on a pedestal, and set against a broken red granite wall, at the center of which is a void in the shape of a shattered Magen David (Star of David). Memorial ceremonies are held here on Yom ha-Shoah (Jewish Memorial Day for Holocaust victims) and at other times." (Jewish Heritage Sites and Monuments in Moldova, p. 16).
As seen in the photos of 1994, 2003, and 2014, the border of a flower bed in front of the sculpture, made of granite blocks, was changed several times.
"Pamiatnik zhertvam evreiskogo getto (Kishinev),"
Wikipedia, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Памятник_жертвам_еврейского_гетто_(Кишинёв).
The United States Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, Jewish Historic Monuments and Sites in Moldova (Washington DC, 2010), 16., https://www.jewishgen.org/bessarabia/files/cemetery/JDCHeritageSitesInMoldova.pdf (accessed May 10, 2024)