Obj. ID: 52811
  Memorials  Motele Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon, Bat Yam) Cemetery, Israel

To the main object: Western Alley of Holocaust Memorials in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel

Memorial Name:

No official name.

Who is Commemorated?

The Jews of Motele, Poland (today Motol or Motal, Belarus), who perished in the Holocaust. 

Description:

The monument is located in the Western Alley of the cemetery, along with dozens of other Holocaust memorials built by Landsmannschaft organizations, survivors, and relatives.

The monument is a reddish upright slab inscribed with a dedicatory inscription and decorated with a menorah in the upper part. 

At some later point, probably in the 1990s, two white side walls and a roof were added to the red slab. The side walls are inscribed with the names of Jews from Motol, who perished in the Holocaust and the pogrom in 1920. An ornamental iron fence with Stars of David and a menorah was added to encircle the monument. 

In front of the memorial, there is a small stone structure with a door, the structure contains the scrolls with the victims’ names.

The monument bears Hebrew inscriptions that honor the memory of the community. The community name is emphasized through the use of a larger font size. Inscriptions indicate that the monument contains a scroll with the names of the victims and the ashes from Auschwitz. 

Inscriptions:

On the central red slab, in Hebrew:

על אלה אני בוכיה איכה

מצבת זכרון ליהודי

 מוטלה

שנרצחו ע"י הגרמנים

בש"ק ט' מנחם אב ה' תש"א (1941 8 2)

הי"ד

מארבע רוחות באי הרוח

ופחי בהרוגים האלה ויחיו

והעליתי אתכם מקברותיכם עמי

והבאתי אתכם על אדמת ישראל יחזקאל

Translation:  For these I weep/ Lamentations / A memorial for the Jews of Motele who were murdered by the on the holy Sabbath the 9th of Av, 5701 2nd August 1941 / May God avenge their blood / From the four winds, come O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live/ I will bring you up from your graves, my people, and I will bring you into the land of Israel/ Ezekiel.

:On the right side wall, in Hebrew

מי יתן ראשי מים ועיני מקור דמעה

ואבכה יומם ולילה את חללי בית עמי ירמיהו

אלה שמות קהילת קדושי מוטלה ומשפחותיהם

שנהרגו בשבת קודש ט' מנ' אב התש"א 2.8.1941

ע"י הגרמנים ימ"ש. 226 משפחות כ-1400 נפשות.

[שמות קורבנות]

Translation: Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears/ that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people/Jeremiah / These are the names of the holy community of Motele and their families who were killed on the holy Sabbath the 9th of Av, 5701 2nd August 1941/ by the Germans/ may their name be obliterated / 226 families approximately 1,400 souls.

[Followed by the list of names]

:On the left side wall, in Hebrew

[שמות קורבנות]

אלה נרצחו ע"י הפולנים

ביום י"ט תשרי ה' תרפ"א 1.10.1920

[שמות קורבנות]

הי"ד

Translation: [Names of the victims] / These were murdered by the Poles on the 19th of Tishrei, 5681 1st October 1920 / [Names of the victims] / May God avenge their blood.

On the small structure, in Hebrew: 

שמות הקדושים

Translation: Names of the martyrs. 

On the lower part of the memorial, in Hebrew:

כאן נטמן אפר ממחנה השמדה אושוויץ

Translation: Here lie ashes from the Auschwitz extermination camp.

Commissioned by:

Organization of Motol Jews