Obj. ID: 46182
Jewish Funerary Art Holocaust Memorial in the Jewish cemetery in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, 1947
Who is Commemorated?
Jews killed in the Holocaust, with plaques added later dedicated to victims of antisemitic attacks in Argentina.
Description
This monument, situated at an intersection of paths within the cemetery, sits on a circular concrete base. It is shaped like an obelisk covered in white plaster, with a Magen David inscribed at the top of the front face. Two plaques are mounted beneath the Magen David, and a third sits on a small stone directly in front of the obelisk.
Inscriptions
The upper plaque is inscribed in Yiddish, Hebrew, and Spanish, but the inscriptions in Yiddish and Hebrew are heavily degraded.
In Hebrew:
??ק בשם קהלה יהודי [יהודית] בהיא בלאנקא
מצות [מצבת] זכרון
לנשמת קדושים שנהרגו ונשמדו על קדוש
השם ב אירופה על ידי ממשלות זדון
בשנות המלחמה העולמית תרצ''ט-התש''ו
ואעבר עליך ואראך מתבוססת בדמיך ואמר
לך בדמיך חיי בדמיך חיי יחזקאל טז ז
Translation: ... on behalf Jewish community of Bahía Blanca in memory of the souls of martyrs killed and annihilated for the sanctification of the Name in Europe by the evil regime during the World War 1939-1945 // When I passed by you and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you: “Live in spite of your blood.” Yea, I said to you: “Live in spite of your blood.” (Yehezkel 16:6, JPS, 1985)
In Yiddish:
פון דער יידישען קהילה
אין באהיא בלאנקא
צום אייביק אנדענק
די נשמות פון אונדזערע קדושים וואס זיינען
אומגעקומען על קדושת השם אין
איראפע אונטער דער נאצי ממשלה
פון דער וועלט מלחמה 1939-1945
Translation: From the Jewish community of Bahía Blanca in the eternal memory of the souls of our martyrs killed for the sanctification of the Name in Europe by the Nazi regime during the World War 1939-1945 /
In Spanish:
Asociación Israelita
Chevra Kedusha
La comunidad Israelita de B. Blanca
en memoria de los mártires
masacrados en Europa durante
la guerra mundial 1939-1945
Translation: Chevra Kedusha Association / The Jewish community of Bahía Blanca in memory of the martyrs massacred in Europe during the World War 1939-1945
On the lower plaque in Spanish:
La comunidad Judía de Bahía Blanca
en memoria de las víctimas del
atentado a la sede de la AMIA al
cumplirse el 10º aniversario del
trágico hecho.
1994 – 19 de julio - 2004
Translation: The Jewish community of Bahía Blanca / in memory of the victims of the attack on the AMIA headquarters on the 10th anniversary of the tragic event. / 1994 – July 19 - 2004
On the plaque on the Auxiliary Stone in Spanish:
La Asociación Israelita
en conmemoración al primer
aniversario del atentado
a la embajada de Israel.
1992 B. Blanca, 17 de marzo 1993
Translation: The Jewish Association / In commemoration of the first anniversary of the attack on the Israeli embassy. / 1992 Bahía Blanca, March 17, 1993
Commissioned by
The local Jewish community (?)
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