Obj. ID: 40859
Jewish Funerary Art Memorial at the murder site in Cobasna (Kolbasna), Moldova, 2003
Who is commemorated?
Jews from Cobasna and refugees from Bessarabia buried at the place
Description
The memorial is placed at the mass grave. The concrete-block monument with an angled top is placed on the stepped concrete base. A rectangular inscribed plaque is affixed to the monument.
Inscriptions
The inscription reads:
Здесь лежат
расстрелянные
в 1941-1942 гг.
нацистскими
палачами евреи
Гнип Яков и Геня,
их дети:
Этл, Маня, Лиза,
Гойхман Мотл –
жители села Колбасна;
беженцы из Бессарабии:
4 неизвестных женщины
и ребенок.
Упокой их светлые души, Всевышний!
Памятник установлен
Рыбницкой еврейской
общиной в 2003 году.
Translation: Here lie Jews shot n 1941-1942 by Nazi executioners // Gnip Yakov and Genya, their children Etl, Manya, Liza; Goikhman Motl, residents of village Kolbasba, refugees from Bessarabia, 4 unknown women with a child. God rest their bright souls! // The monument was erected by Rybnitsa Jewish community in 2003
Commissioned by
Rybnitsa Jewish community
6 image(s)
sub-set tree:
It is a protected site and there are regular commemorative ceremonies.
Gruber, Samuel D. (ed.), Jewish Heritage Sites and Monuments in Moldova (Washington, DC: U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, 2010)., p. 52., https://www.heritageabroad.gov/Portals/0/Reports%20and%20Surveys/Moldova_Report_FINAL.pdf (accessed December 16, 2021)