Obj. ID: 44879
Memorials  Holocaust Memorial in the Jewish cemetery in Villa Clara, Argentina, 1962

Who is Commemorated?

Victims of the Holocaust; antisemitic attacks in Argentina are mentioned.

Description

This monument, a granite obelisk on a tripartite platform, is surrounded by small obelisks connected by an iron chain serving as a boundary marker. The Monument is inscribed with Magen Davids at the tops of each of its four sides, and the front and left sides bear inscriptions; the front in Yiddish, the left in Spanish. Additionally, the front face of the plaque bears three inscriptions, and the back bears another one.

Inscriptions

Front Inscription in Yiddish:

קהילה

קלארא

רע[ ]עוצום

אנדיינין פין

די זעקם

מיליאן

קדשים 

וועלכע

זיינען

[ם]אומגעקימ

ען אל קדוש

השם

Translation: [To be translated]

Side inscription in Spanish:

A los
6 millones
de hermanos
cuyas vidas
fueron
inmoladas
en aras del
pueblo judío
de la tierra
de Israel
1939-1945

Translation: To the 6 million brothers whose lives were immolated for the sake of the Jewish people of the land of Israel / 1939-1945

Upper Plaque in Spanish:

La llama que nos
dejaron encendida
no se apagará jamás.
WIZO Clara 1963

Translation: The flame that they left us burning will never extinguish / WIZO Clara 1963

Middle Plaque in Spanish:

En recuerdo a los caídos
en la embajada israelita y AMIA
Comunidad Israelita Clara-Belez
2004 - 5784

Translation: In memory of the victims at the Israeli embassy and AMIA. Clara-Belez Jewish Community / 2004 - 5784

Lower Plaque in Spanish:

Sub-Comité K.K.L.
“Villa Clara”
homenaje al levantamiento del
Ghetto de Varsovia
XX aniversario
1943, 19 abril 1963

Translation: KKL Sub-Committee “Villa Clara”, an homage to the Warsaw Ghetto uprising / XX anniversary / 1943, April 19, 1963

Back Plaque in Spanish (not related ot the Holocaust?:

Formaste
en cada persona
tu anonime
gran legadi
del pueblo que
en el futuro
entregue
lo que le has dado

 Escuela Primaria
№ 84
(ex Nacional № 37)
"Rio Negro"
Villa Clara
En memoria de docentes,
no docentes y alumnos
en su centenario.

Translation: You formed / in each person / your anonymous / great legacy / of the people that / in the future / deliver / what you have given. / Primary School / N 84 / (former National N 37) / “Río Negro” / Villa Clara. / In memory of teachers, / non-teachers, and students / in its cemetery.

Commissioned By

Jewish community ?