Img. ID: 429142

Memorial Name

No official name

Who is Commemorated?

Jewish Holocaust Victims from Bolechów who were murdered and buried in the Jewish cemetery of Bolekhiv

Description

The memorial plaque is located on the wall of the Jewish cemetery in Bolekhiv from the internal side of the wall near the entrance. The plaque bears inscriptions in Hebrew, Ukrainian, and English. Flanking the Ukrainian inscription, are the coats of arm the City of Bolekhiv used between 1991 and 2020 with the Ukrainian name of the city above them.

Inscriptions

Hebrew

בית העלמין היהודי בבולחוב.
הוקם במאה ה 17.

חומה זו את בית העלמין בגבולותיו משנת 1939
ומקיפה מספר קברי אחים מתקופת השואה.

העמותה לשימור מורשת יהודית בבולחיב.
יוצאי וצאצאי בולחוב והסביבה בישראל, ״אבותינו״
אוגוסט 2009 תשס"ט
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Ukrainian

Єврейський цвинтар в Болехові
Встановлений в 17 столітті

Ця стіна є кордоном цвинтаря з 1939 року
і оточує декілька Братських Могил з часів
нацистської окупації.

Болехівське товариство Єврейської спадщини
Болехівська і довколишня еміграція в Ізраїлі,
"Авотейну"
Серпень 2009
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Translation: Jewish cemetery in Bolekhiv / Established in the 17th century // This wall is a border of the cemetery since 1939 / and surrounds several mass graves since the times / of the nazi occupation. // The Bolechow Jewish Heritage Society, Emigration from Bolekhiv and surroundings in Israel, / "Avoteinu" / August 2009

English

The Jewish Cemetery of Bolechow
Established in the 17th century.

This wall marks the 1939 boundaries of the cemetery
and also encompasses several nazi-era mass-graves.

The Bolechow Jewish Heritage Society /
Bolechow immigrants in Israel / "Avoteinu"
August 2009

Commissioned by

The Bolechow Jewish Heritage Society, Bolechow immigrants in Israel, and "Avoteinu"