Obj. ID: 52846
Memorials Szatmar and Nagyskároly Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon, Bat Yam) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Szatmar and Nagyskároly, Hungary (today Satu-Mare, Romania), 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 large stone slab rounded on the top and set on the base. In the center of the slab, there is a black triangle.
Inscriptions:
On the slab, top to bottom, in Hebrew and Hungarian:
"ונתתי להם בביתי ובחומותי יד ושם"
לזכר הקדושים של קהילות
סאטמר SZATMÁR
קרולי NAGYSKÁROLY
והסביבה
שנהרגו על קדוש השם על ידי הרוצחים הנאצים
כ"ח אייר-י"ב סיון תש"ד 1944
ת נ צ ב "ה
Translation: "And I will give them in My house and within My walls a memorial and a name" [Isaiah 56:5] / In memory of the martyrs of the communities of Szatmár [the name of the town is inscribed in Hebrew and Hungarian] / Nagykároly [the name of the town is inscribed in Hebrew and Hungarian] / and the surrounding areas / who were murdered for the sanctification of God's name by the Nazi murderers / 28 Iyar - 12 Sivan 5704 1944 / May their souls be bound in the bond of life.
On the black triangle, Zechariah 12:12 in Hebrew and Hungarian:
וספדה הארץ"
משפחות - משפחות לבד
"ES GYÁSZOLT AZ ORSZAG
CSALÁDONKÉNT KÜLÖN-KÜLÖN"
(זכריה י"ב, י"ב)"
Translation: "And the land shall mourn/ every family apart" (Zechariah 12:12)
On the base, in Hebrew and Hungarian:
גל עד זה הוקם בשנת תש"ס - 1999 על ידי
זקני שארית הפליטה בישראל ובתפוצות
בתרומתם הנדיבה של יצחק ועמליה אלפנט (ELEFANT ICU)
לזכר הוריו יעקב בן יצחק ורבקה בת מרדכי הכהן הי"ד
Translation: This monument was erected in the year 5760 – 1999 by / the elders of the Holocaust survivors in Israel and abroad / with the generous donation of Yitzhak and Amalia Elephant (ELEFANT ICU) / in memory of his parents Yaakov son of Yitzhak and Rivka daughter of Mordechai the Kohen, may God avenge their blood.
Commissioned by:
Families of victims from Szatmar and Nagyskároly.
sub-set tree: 
Depth of the base: 78 cm
Length of the base: 172 cm
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Naftali Shṭern (ed.), Zekhor et Saṭmar: Sefer ha-Zikaron shel Yehude Saṭmar (Bene Beraḳ: [ḥ. mo. l.], 1984)., https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f74334b0-3eb0-0133-4b7d-00505686a51c (accessed September 25, 2024)