Img. ID: 473254
Memorial name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Jewish Victims of the Holocaust from Velyki Mezhyrichi and the vicinity, who were murdered here
Description
The monument is located at the killing site in Dyven village, near Nevirkiv and Velyki Mezhyrichi. It is a black marble headstone with Ukrainian, Hebrew, and Yiddish inscriptions on its front and back sides, as well as on the lying slab, attached to it. The headstone is decorated with two small stars of David on both the front and the back sides. A bigger Magen David is also carved on the lying slab. The site is surrounded by a stone fence with an arched metal gate, decorated by a Magen David. A high metal Menorah stands near the gate. A part of the fence is a memorial wall dedicated to the Jewish soldiers, partisans, and the Righteous among the Nations.
Inscriptions
On the front side of the upright stele (Ukrainian):
На цьому місці від рук нацистських
нелюдів в червні - вересні 1942 року
розстріляно, закопано живими понад
3000 чоловіків, жінок та дітей
єврейської національності - жителів
містечка Межирічі і навколишніх сіл.
Вічна шана їх світлій памʼяті!
Translation: At this place, more than 3,000 men, women and children of Jewish nationality, residents of the shtetl of Mezhyrichi and surrounding villages, were shot, buried alive by the hands of Nazi nonhumans in June – September 1942
On the front side of the upright stele (Hebrew):
פ.נ.
במקום זה עונו, נרצחו, הומתו ונקברו חיים
בחודשים מאי וספטמבר 1942
בידי מרצחים גרמנים נאצים ועוזריהם הנפשעים
שלושת אלפים יהודים אנשים, נשים וטף
בני קהילת מז’יריטש גדול והסביבה
כבוד לזכרם הכדוש
ת.נ.צ.ב.ה [=תהי נשמתם צרורה בצרור החיים]
Translation: At this place, three thousand Jews, men, women and children, members of the Great Mezhyrich community and the vicinity, were tormented, murdered, killed, and buried alive in May and September 1942 by the hands of German Nazi murderers and their criminal assistants. Honor to their holy memory. May their souls be bound in the bundle of life.
On the front side of the upright stele (Yiddish):
אויף דים ארט זענען פערפייניקט געווארן
דערשאסן אדער לעבעדיגערייד בעגראבן
אין מאי און סעפטעמבער חודש 1942
דורך די היטלעריסטישע דייטשישע מערדער
דריי טויזנט יידן מענער פרויען און קינדער
פון שטעטל גרויס מעזשיריטש
און פון די ארומיקע דערפער
אייביקע ערע זייער הייליקן אנדענק
Translation: At this place, three thousand Jews, men, women, and children from the shtetl Great Mezhyrich and from the surrounding villages were tormented, shot down, or buried alive by Hitlerist German murderers in May and September 1942. Eternal honor to their holy memory!
On the back side of the upright stele (Hebrew):
מצבת זכרון
של קהילת מז’יריטש גדול והסביבה
חללי השואה תש”ג 1942
Translation: Memorial monument of Great Mezhyrich community and the vicinity, Shoah Victims 5703 1942
On the lying slab (Ukrainian):
Вічна і світла памʼять
жителям Великих Межиріч
загиблим у 1942 році
Протягом 50 років не стихла біль і скорбота
у серцях членів обʼєднання вихідців
із Великих Межиріч в Ізраїлі та Канаді
що прибули до братської могили у Невіркові
для ушанування світлої памʼяті
батьків, сестер та братів
13 вересня 1992 року
Translation: Eternal and blessed memory to the residents of Velyki Mezhyrichi, perished in 1942. For 50 years, pain and grief did not abate in the hearts of the members of the association of Velyki Mezhyrichi natives in Israel and Canada, who arrived to the mass grave in Nevirkiv to honor the blessed memory of the parents, sisters, and brothers on September 13, 1992
On the lying slab (Hebrew):
Commissioned by
Funded by the Members of the Association of Velyki Mezhyrichi Natives in Israel and Canada and the Regional Organization of the Protection of the History and Culture Monuments.
Ukraine | Rivnenska obl. | Velyki Mezhyrichi (Великі Межирічі)
| Tsehelnia ravine near the village Nevirkiv