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Img. ID: 303983

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Kravtsov, Sergey, 2009

Memorial Name

No official name

Who is Commemorated?

Jews of Varakļāni murdered by the Nazis.

Description:

The monument is a gray granite stele on a concrete base. The stele bears a Star of David and Hebrew and Russian inscriptions. A metal fence with six-pointed stars and the Stars of David surrounds the stele. 

Inscription

Hebrew

פ"נ

לזכרון עולם
הקדושים מווארקלאן
שנהרגו מידי הרוצחים הפשיסטים
ביום י"א מנחם אב שנת תש"א 4.8.1941
ת'נ'צ'ב'ה'

Translation: Here are buried. For eternal memory of / the martyrs from Vorklan / who were killed by fascist murderers on 11 of Manhem Av [5]701, August 4, 1941. May their souls be bound in the bundle of life.

Russian

Вечная память
жертвам немецко-фашистского
террора
ворклянским евреям зверски
убитым 4.VIII.1941

Translation: Eternal memory to the victims of German fascist terror, the Jews of Vorklian, brutally killed on August 4, 1941.

 

Commissioned by

Jews originating in Varakļāni

Name/Title
Monument at the Mass Grave in the Jewish Cemetery in Varakļāni | Unknown
Object Detail
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Date
1990s (?)
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Latvia | Latgale | Varakļāni
| Kapsētas St.
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Negative/Photo. No.
A394458