Obj. ID: 52827
Memorials Velyki Mezhyrichi Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon, Bat Yam) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Velyki Mezhyrichi, Ukraine, 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 consists of a large stone sculpture of a human figure raising his/her hands to the sky set on a large black base. In the center of the figure, there is a hole in the shape of a Star of David, with metal bars in it.
On the base, there is a round hole inside the base, next to the inscription.
There are two memorial candle holders put inside the sculpture.
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.
Inscription:
On the round stone at the top of the monument, in Hebrew:
על
אלה
אני
בוכיה
Translation: For/ these/ things/ I/ weep. [Lamentations, 1:16]
On the base, in Hebrew:
מזירטש
ווהלין
לזכר קדושי
מזיריטש גדול והסביבה
שניספו בשואה
שבועות תש"ב סוכות תש"ג
והעלתם אתכם מקברותיכם עמי
והבאתי אתכם אל אדמת ישראל,
יחזקאל
Translation: Mezhyrichi / Volhynia/ In memory of the martyrs/ of Velyki Mezhyrichi and its surroundings/who perished in the Holocaust/Shavuot 5702 [=1942] - Sukkot 5703 [=1942] / And I will bring you up out of your graves, my people, and bring you to the land of Israel/ Ezekiel [37:12]
Commissioned by:
Holocaust survivors and their descendants from Velyki Mezhyrichi.
sub-set tree: 
Width of the sculpture: 70 cm
Height of the sculpture: 133 cm
"Execution of Jews from Velyki Mezhyrichi in Dyven,"
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum, https://www.yahadmap.org/en/#village/dyven-diven-rivne-ukraine.66.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Livneh, Natan, Pinḳas ha-ḳehilah Mezʼiriṭsh (Tel Aviv: Hutsa le-or ʻa. y. Ṿaʻad yotsʼe Meziriṭsh be-Israel, 1973)., https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ea658010-5e17-0133-8cef-00505686a51c (accessed August 6, 2024)
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Untold Stories - Murder Sites of Jews in Occupied Territories of the USSR (Yad Vashem project), https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/untold-stories/community/14622537.
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 36593"
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36593.jpg.
"Velyki Mezhyrichi: Tsegelnia Ravine,"
Shoah Atrocities Map - Ukraine (Tsal Kaplun Foundation), https://shoahatlas.org/u0908.html.