Obj. ID: 32935
Jewish Funerary Art New Memorial at the Killing Site in Stolbtsy, Belarus, 1994, 2000s
Memorial name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated
Jewish Holocaust victims from Stolbtsy.
Description
The monument at the killing site of the Stolbtsy Jews is erected at the forest edge, near the old Holocaust memorial in the shape of a mound. The monument is a triangular obelisk that stands on a concrete base and is crowned with Magen David.
Two of the monument's sides bear the plaques. The first plaque, dated back to 1994, has a Russian inscription and a depiction of a menorah. The other one was added in the 2000s and bears three non-identical inscriptions: in Russian, English, and Hebrew.
Inscription
On the old plaque:
In Russian
23 cентября 1942 г.
немецкими нацистами
и их наемниками
здесь
были расстреляны и
закопаны живыми
3000 евреев -
мирных жителей
города Столбцы -
мужчин, женщин и
детей.
Сотни евреев города
были убиты
в годы войны
1941-1945 гг.
Mеста их захоронения
неизвестны.
Пусть сохранится
память о всей уничтоженной
еврейской общине
г. Столбцы.
Да будет благословенна их память.
Построено уцелевшими
евреями г. Столбцы. 1994 г.
Translation: Here, on September 23, 1942, 3,000 Jews - peaceful residents of the town of Stolbtsy - men, women, and children - were shot and buried alive by the German Nazis and their accomplices. Hundreds of the town's Jews were killed in the war years, 1941-1945. Their final resting places remain unknown. May the memory of the whole destroyed Jewish community of the town of Stolbtsy be preserved. May their memory be blessed. Erected by surviving Jews of the town of Stolbtsy. 1994
On the new plaque:
In Russian
23 сентября 1942 г. нацистами и их пособниками
здесь были расстреляны или закопаны живыми
750 евреев - мужчин, женщин и детей. Всего за годы войны на этом месте были зверски убиты
около 3,000 человек.
В 1941-1943 гг. от рук нацистов погибли около
3,500 евреев из Столбцовского гетто. Некоторые
места их захоронения неизвестны.
Пусть сохранится память обо всей уничтоженной
еврейской общине города Столбцы.
Да будет благословенна их память.
Памятник установлен в 1994 г. оставшимися в
живых евреями г. Столбцы.
Translation: On September 23, 1942, here 750 Jews - men, women, and children - were shot to death or buried alive by the Nazis and their collaborators. Altogether, about 3,000 people were brutally killed here during the years of war. In 1941-1943 about 3,500 Jews from the Stolbtsy ghetto were killed at the hands of Nazis. Some of their burial places are unknown. May the memory of the whole destroyed Jewish community of the town of Stolbtsy be preserved. May their memory be blessed. The monument was erected in 1994 by the surviving Jews from the town of Stolbtsy.
In English
750 Jews - men, women, and children - were shot or
buried alive here by the Nazis and their collaborators
on 23 September 1942. Altogether about 300 people
were brutally murdered at this place during the war.
About 3500 Jews from the ghetto of Stolbtsy were
killed by the Nazis in 1941-1943. Some of the places
of burial remain unknown.
To the everlasting memory of the destroyed Jewish
community of Stolbtsy.
Mourn and remember.
The monument was erected in 1994 by surviving
Jews from the town of Stolbtsy.
In Hebrew
750 יהודים - גברים, נשים וילדים הי׳׳ד - נורו
ונקברוחיים [נקברו חיים] כאן על ידי הנאצים ועוזריהם ב-23
בספטמבר 1942.
בהכללה כ-300 בני אדם נרצחו בברוטליות במקום
זה בזמן המלחמה. כ-3,500 יהודים מגטו סטולבצי
נרצחו על ידי הנאצים בשנים 1941-1943. חלק מאתרי
הקבורה נותרו נעלמים עד היום.
לנצח תיזכר השמדת הקהילה היהודית של סטולבצי.
נזכור ולא נשכח.
האנדרטה הוקמה ב-1994 על ידי ניצולי העיר
Translation: 750 Jews - men, women, and children, may God avenge their blood - were shot to death / and buried alive here by the Nazis and their collaborators on September 23 / 1942 / Altogether about 300 people were brutally killed here / during the war. About 3,500 Jews from the Stolbtsy ghetto / were killed by the Nazis in 1941-1943. Some places / of burial remain unknown till today. / Shall remember and will not forget. / The monument was erected in 1994 by the town's survivors.
At the bottom of the new plaque, in English:
This memorial was erected through the efforts of
Belarusian Jewish Community, and thanks to
to the Simon Mark Lazarus Foundation, UK,
the Miles and Marilyn Kletter Family Foundation, USA,
the Warren and Beverly Geisler Family Foundation, USA.
Commissioned by
The monument is commissioned by the Holocaust survivors from Stolbtsy.
The new plaque is commissioned by the Simon Mark Lazarus Foundation, the Miles and Marilyn Kletter Family Foundation, and the Warren and Beverly Geisler Family Foundation.
8 image(s)
sub-set tree:
The Germans occupied Stolptsy on June 27 when most of the town's Jews (about 3,000) were still there. During the time of occupation, the three mass murders occurred. The present monument commemorates the third one, the so-called "Grosse Aktion", that took place on September 23 - October 1, 1942, 1.5 kilometers northwest of the town, near the villages of Konkolowicze and Zajamno. The Nazis carried out a selection among the ghetto inmates, sparing about 500 Jews who were deemed capable of work. 1,975 people were killed between September 23 - October 1, 1942, and this was followed by the massacre of 300 additional people on October 11-14 [Yad Vashem: The Untold Stories].
The first monument at the killing site and mass grave of the Stolbtsy Jews was erected by the local survivors immediately after the war. However, the monument has not survived. In 1951, at the initiative of the chairman of the Krasnyi Oktiabr" collective farm, Ivan Pirogov, a mound was poured over the grave. In the early 1990s, two plaques with Russian-language inscriptions were placed on the mound by the town authorities [Yad Vashem: The Untold Stories].
In 1994, on the initiative of the Belarusian Jewish community, a present obelisk was added to the memorial [Yad Vashem: The Untold Stories]. The obelisk bears two plaques. One of them was placed together with the monument itself. Another one was added in the 2000s by the Simon Mark Lazarus Foundation, the Miles and Marilyn Kletter Family Foundation, and the Warren and Beverly Geisler Family Foundation.
At the site of the mass murder (the "Grosse Aktion"), there is also another monument, erected in 1994. It is shaped like a mourning mother. The Belarusian-language text on its pedestal does not specify the victims' nationality [Yad Vashem].
Smilovitsky, Leonid. "Stolbtsy: iz budushchei knigi 'Po sledam evreiskikh kladbishch Belarusi'," Most, January 9, 2019. no 970.
"Stolbtsy,"
Belarus Holocaust Memorial Project, https://www.belarusmemorials.com/мемориалы/минский-регион/столбцы-2-мемориала/столбцы/?lang=ru.
"Stolbtsy,"
Untold Stories - Murder Sites of Jews in Occupied Territories of the USSR (Yad Vashem project), https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/untold-stories/community/14622444-Stolpce.