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  Uchanie Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon, Bat Yam) Cemetery, Israel

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Levin, Vladimir, December 2023

Memorial Name:

No official name.

Who is Commemorated?

The Jews of Uchanie, Poland, 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. 

This memorial is a large, dark rectangular stone slab inscribed in Hebrew, placed between two tall light-colored stone pillars and set on a light-colored base.  On the base, there is a smaller panel with an etched image of Jewish people in a synagogue.

There are two low pillars connected by the chain in front of the monument. Three memorial candle holders are placed inside the pillars 

Inscription:

On the slab, in Hebrew: 

לזכר

קדושי קהילת 

אוחניה

פלך - לובלין

שנספו בשואה

כ"ד סיון תש"ב

הי"ד

Translation: In memory of / The martyrs of the Ohania community / District of Lublin / Who perished in the Holocaust / 24th of Sivan, 5702 / May God avenge their blood.

Commissioned by:

Holocaust survivors from Uchanie.

Summary and Remarks
Remarks

Probably, the image of the Jews in a synagogue shows a synagogue in Uchanie. No other images of synagogues in Uchanie are known. 

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Name/Title
Uchanie Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon, Bat Yam) Cemetery | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Date
1980s-1990s (?)
Active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Unknown |
Congregation
Unknown
Location
Israel | Holon (חולון)
| Sector 17-1, western side
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Unknown|
Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Collection
Unknown |
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
12 image(s)    items per page

12 image(s)    items per page
Material / Technique
Stone, Granite, Metal.
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height: 205 cm
Length (including the central dark slab): 190 cm
Length without the slab: 178 cm
Hight of the pillar: 65 cm
Width of the pillar: 15 cm
Hight of the slab: 100 cm
Height
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature

On the image of the synagogue, in Hebrew:

דני דביקו

Translation: Dani Daviko. 

Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources

For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see "Uchanie,"
Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933-1945, ed. Martin Dean, vol. 2 (Bloomington: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2012), p. 722.

For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39023"
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://www.infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36542, א.jpg.
Type
Documenter
|
Author of description
Lital Spivak | 2024
Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
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Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.
The following information on this monument will be completed: