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© Vladimir Levin, Photographer: Levin, Vladimir, 4.2022

Memorial Name

No official name

Who is Commemorated?

Preiļi Jews murdered in this place. 

Description:

The memorial is placed near the entrance to the cemetery and stands in the center of a circle of cobbled stones. It is a concrete rectangular arch with a metal gate. The two parts of the gate are cut by the text of the Yizkor prayer for Holocaust victims in Hebrew, repeated three times. A metal seven-branched menorah made of metal “leaves” is attached in the center. 

According to the website "Holocaust Memorial Places in Latvia," "Forms from ancient Egyptian architecture can be discerned in the shape of the arch, created as a reference to the story about Moses and the release of Jewish people from slavery in Egypt."

On both sides of the gate, there are five metal plaques with inscriptions cut into them. The left inscription in Latvian and English provides the dates of construction and reconstruction. The right one contains the blessing “May their souls be bound in the bond of life.” Similar plaques on the inner side of the memorial looking toward the cemetery include the names of initiators, donors, and supporters and the names of the organizations that designed and built the memorial. 

Inscriptions

Façade, right side:

Latvian

Ebreju kapi 1861–1964
rekonstruēti 2013–2015

Holokausta upuru memoriāls
rekonstruēts 2004

English:

Jewish cemetery 1861–1964
Renovated in 2013–2015

Holocaust memorial
renovated in 2004

 

Façade, right side:

Latvian

… lai viņu dvēseles tiktu
iesietas dzīvības tīstoklī…

English:

… May their souls be bound
in the bond of life…

Rear, left side, in Latvian and English

Rekonstrukcijas iniciatīva un finansējums
Renovation initiative and funding
David and Bella Silberman

Ar ziedojumiem atbalstīja / Participating donors:
Robert and Elena Dobrusin

Shmuel Latvinsky and Naomi Nochinson, Frida Klockina
Benjamin Tsemel, Chona and Sheva Vapne, Gena Khil

Sadarbībā ar Preiļu novada domi
un Latvijas ebreju draudžu un kopienu padomi

In cooperation with Preili Municipality Council
and Council of Jewish Communities of Latvia

Rear, right side, in Latvian and English

Kapsētas rekonstruciju īstenoja Lot E.V. brīvprātīgie
Cemetery is renovated by volunteers of Lot E.V.

Piedalījās / Assisted by
Preiļu skolu audzēkņi / pupils of Preili schools
vadītājas / headed by Nora Šņepste, Nadežda Hļebņikova

Tekla Bekeša, Valentīna Maksimova, Oļegs Hļebņikovs
Gita Umanovska, Pilsētas iedzīvotāji / Residents of Preili

Projektēšanas darbi / Design “SIA Malas”
Būvdarbi / Construction works “SIA Preiļu celtnieks”

Commissioned by

David and Bella Silberman, in cooperation with the Preiļi Municipal Council and the Council of Jewish Communities of Latvia

Name/Title
Entrance Gate in the Jewish Cemetery in Preiļi | Unknown
Object Detail
Date
2015
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Latvia | Latgale | Preiļi
| Cēsu St.
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Negative/Photo. No.
A472847