Obj. ID: 53356
Memorials Holocaust memorial in Pustomyty, Ukraine, 2020
Memorial name
No official name
Who is commemorated?
Jewish Holocaust Victims who were murdered here
Description
The monument is located on the mass grave near Pustomyty. It is surrounded with a low concrete fence, the ground around the monument is filled with stones, and the stepped concrete pavement leads to the monument. It is two black stone slabs, which sit close to each other on a common base. The sides of the slabs, which are faced to each other, have symmetrical triangular recesses, which visually form a rhombus-shaped hole in the center of the monument. The hole, together with four gray triangles (two on each slab), located also symmetrically, form an image of a Magen David. In the left slab, there is a Ukrainian inscription, the right slab bears a Hebrew inscription.
Inscriptions
Ukrainian:
Памʼятай
Тут поховані
сини Ізраїлеві
жителі Пустомитів,
які загинули
мученицькою смертю
від рук нацистів
в 1942 р.
Нехай душі загиблих
будуть сплетені у вузол життя
Встановлено в місяці хешван 5780 (2020) роки за сприяння Рабинського центру
Європи, а також І.М.Габая та Асоціації Огалей Цадікім - Гедер Авос
Translation: Remember / Here are buried sons of Israel, residents of Pustomyty, who perished in martyrdom by the hands of Nazis in 1942. May their souls be bound in the bundle of life. Erected in the month of Heshvan 5780 - 2020 with the assistance of Rabbinical Centre of Europe, as well as I.M. Gabai and the Ohalei Tsadikim - Geder Avos Association
Hebrew:
זכור
במקום הזה נטמנו
בני ישראל
תושבי פוסטומיטי
שנהרגו על קידוש השם
על ידי הנאצים
בשנת תש”ב - 1942
הי”ד
ת.נ.צ.ב.ה
הוקם בחודש סיוון שנת תש”פ - 2020 בסיוע מרכז רבני אירופה והרב
י.מ. גבאי אנודת אהלי צדיקים - גדר אבות
Translation: Remember / At this place are buried sons of Israel, residents of Pustomyty, who perished for the sanctification of God by the hands of Nazis in 5702 - 1942. May God avenge their blood. May their souls be bound in the bundle of life. Erected in the month of Sivan 5780 - 2020 with the assistance of Rabbinical Centre of Europe and I.M. Gabai, Ohalei Tsadikim - Geder Avos
Commissioned by
The Rabbinical Centre of Europe, Ohalei Tzadikim Association
sub-set tree:
Local residents, who witnessed the Holocaust events, discovered mass graves of Jews in Matiivka and Pustomyty. They contacted the Jewish community representatives about this. After that, the Rabbinical Centre of Europe together with the Ohalei Tzadikim Association erected the monument [RCE].
The monuments in Matiivka and Pustomyty were erected in 2020 [Raion in ua, RCE].
The unveiling ceremony of the memorials in Matiivka and Pustomyty took place on July 8, 2021 (Tammuz 28), on the day of mass murder of the last 5,000 Rivne Jews. Local residents, district authority representatives, the representatives of the Rabbinical Centre of Europe together with the Ohalei Tzadikim Association, Jewish community members took part in the event. Rabbi Avraham Abba Torezki recited the prayer "El Malei Rachamim" [RCE].
"A Mass Grave Was Erected in the Rovno District," The Rabbinical Center of Europe, July 8, 2021, https://rce.eu.com/en/item/36850/ (accessed March 10, 2024)
"Na Rivnenshchyni vidkryly pamiatnyi znak prysviachenyi rozstrilianym yevreiam," Sfera-TV, July 8, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHV3aqeZpqc (accessed March 15, 2024)
"U Matiivtsi zavershyly budivnytstvo memorialu na mistsiakh zahybeli yevreiv," Raion in ua, July 10, 2020, https://hoshcha.rayon.in.ua/news/272301-u-matiyivtsi-zavershili-budivnitstvo-memorialu-na-mistsiah-zagibeli-evreyiv (accessed March 10, 2024)