Obj. ID: 42946
Modern Jewish Art  Saviors Memorial adjacent to the site of the Great Choral Synagogue in Riga, Latvia, 2007

To the main object: Great Choral Synagogue (ruins) in Riga, Latvia

Memorial Name

Monument to Žanis Lipke and all Latvian saviors of Jews

Who is Commemorated?

According to the text plaque next to the monument, “Monument to Žanis Lipke and all Latvian Jew saviours during the Holocaust in 1941 – 1945, who risked their lives to save more than 400 Jews from death.”

Description:

According to the text plaque next to the monument, “The monument consists of a crumbing wall that is threatening to destroy the Jewish people, and columns with names that hold it off, symbolizing the saviors.”

"The monument consists a 12 m long and 6 m high wall, which is almost falling, threatening to destroy the Jewish people, and supports – columns with the names of 20 saviours of Jews. Žanis Lipke, who managed to save more than 50 people, is portrayed on the central column. A quote from the Book of Isaiah is carved on the left side of the monument: “I will give them an everlasting name that shall not perish” (Isaiah  56:5)" (Holocaust Memorial Places in Latvia). The verse Isaiah 56:5 is the continuation of the verse where the words Yad Vashem are mentioned. It is written in Hebrew and Latvian. 

Inscription

Hebrew

שם עולם אתן-לו אשר לא יכרת
ישעיה

Latvian

Došu tiem mūžīgu vārdu, kas netaps izdzēsts.
Jesaja 56:5

Translation: I will give them an everlasting name that shall not perish (Isaiah 56:5)

Commissioned by

Latvian Council of Jewish Communities, Museum "Jews in Latvia," Municipality of Riga, Government of the Republic of Latvia, under the patronage of the President of Latvia, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga.