Obj. ID: 50687
Memorials New Holocaust memorial near Sabile, Latvia, 2017
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
240 Jews of Sabile killed on August 6, 1941.
Description:
The monument is situated between the mass grave marked by the Soviet-era monument and the road, so that it is seen from the road.
It is a large granite rock with 240 small holes alluding to the traces of bullets. On its front side facing the road the inscription reads: “240” and the date, August 6, 1941.
Inscription
240
06.08.1941.
Commissioned by
Israeli Embassy to Latvia, relatives of the Sabile Jews.
9 image(s)
sub-set tree:
The German Nazi troops entered Sabile on July 1, 1941. They put on fire the synagogue and the mikveh. On August 4, 1941, Jews were concentrated in one building. On August 6, 1941, they were taken to a forest along the road to Kuldīga (approximately 7 km from Sabile) and shot there.
A modest monument on the killing site was erected during Soviet times (see here). A modest monument on the killing site was erected during Soviet times. In 2017, a new monument near the road was created by the efforts of the Israeli Ambassador to Latvia, Lironne Bar-Sadeh (Stern 2017).
Malnach, Aleksandr, "V Zlekas otdali dan' pamiati zhertv natsistskogo terrora," Baltnews, December 13, 2018., https://lv.baltnews.com/authors/20181213/1022540845/v-zlekas-otdali-dan-pamyati-zhertvam-nacistskogo-terrora.html (accessed September 2, 2023)
Meler, Meyer, Mesta nashei pamiati: Evreiskie obshchiny Latvii, unichtozhennye v Kholokoste (Riga: by the author, 2010), pp. 372-374.
Stern, Marissa, "New Memorial to Honor the 240 Jews Lost in Sabile," Philadelphia Jewish Exponent, May 31, 2017, https://www.jewishexponent.com/new-memorial-honor-240-jews-lost-sabile/ (accessed September 2, 2023)