Img. ID: 580239

Memorial Name

No official name

Who is Commemorated?

Jānis (Žanis) and Johanna Lipke, Righteous Among the Nations.

Description:

The monument is a half of large stone (the other half is placed on the Lipke's grave). Two metal plaques and a Star of David are affixed to it. The upper plaque has a citation from Mishna Sanhedrin (chapter 4, mishna 5) in Hebrew and a Yiddish dedication. The lower plaque has the citation and dedication in Latvian.

Inscription:

Hebrew

כל המקיים נפש אחת
כאילו קיים עולם מלא

Translation: Whoever saves one life, it is considered if he saved the whole world (Sanhedrin chapter 4, mishna 5).

Yiddish

אייביק וועלן לויכטן די נעמען פון
יאניס /זשאניס/ און יאהאנא
ליפקע,
וואס האבן אין די יארן 1941 – 1944
געראטעוועט 55 יידן

Translation: The names of Jānis (Žanis) and Johanna Lipke, who in 1941–1944 saved 55 Jews, will radiate light forever.

Latvian

Kas izglābis vienu dzīvību, tik
tiesam ir izglābis visu pasauli

Mužos gaismu izstaros
Jaņa / Žaņa / Lipkes un
Jahannas Lipkes vāros
1941.–1944. gadam sie varonīgie
cilvēki izglāba 55 Ebreju

No ebreju reliģiskās draudzes

Translation: Who saved one life, saved the whole world (Sanhedrin chapter 4, mishna 5).

Will radiate light forever, Jānis (Žanis) Lipke and Johanna Lipke; in 1941–1944, these heroic people saved 55 Jews.

From the Jewish religious community

Commissioned by

The Riga Jewish Community