Obj. ID: 52847
Memorials Telechany (Tseliakhany) Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon, Bat Yam) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Telechany, Poland (today Tsyelyakhany or Telekhany, 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 black marble slab with dedicatory inscriptions in Hebrew and Yiddish set on the white stepped base. The top edge of the tombstone is slanted and curved. Next to the slab is a smaller stone structure containing the names of the victims. On the back of the monument, there is an engraving in Hebrew and Latin letters.
Inscription:
On the large slab, on the top left the word "remember" in Hebrew and Yiddish:
זכור
געדענק
Translation: Remember
On the large slab, in the center, in Hebrew:
לזכר
קדושי
טליכן
והסביבה
Translation: In memory of / The holy martyrs / of Telekhan/ and the surrounding areas
On the large slab, in the bottom, and in smaller letters, in Hebrew:
שנרצחו ע"י
הנאצים ועוזריהם
י' מנחם-אב תש"א
3 באוגוסט 1941
Translation: Murdered by / the Nazis and their collaborators / 10th of Menachem Av, 5701 / August 3, 1941
On the smaller structure:
שמות
הקדושים
Translation: Names of the martyrs.
On the back of the monument, in Hebrew and Latin letters:
Telekhan
Commissioned by:
Holocaust survivors from Telechany (Tseliakhany).
sub-set tree: 
Height of the base section: 82 cm
Width at the bottom: 173 cm
"Execution of Jews in Telekahny," The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum,
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum, http://www.yahadinunum.orgwww.yahadmap.org/en/#village/telekhany-telechany-brest-belarus.472.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Sokoler, Sh., Telekhan Yizkor (Memorial) Book (Los Angeles: The Telekhan Yizkor Book Committee, 1963)., https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8fdb9f30-9946-0134-4519-00505686a51c (accessed September 26, 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/14622409.