Obj. ID: 52854
Memorials Varakļāni Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon, Bat Yam) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Varakļāni, Latvia, 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. T
he monument is a stone slab with a dedicatory inscription in Hebrew set on a stepped base. A small metal box connected to the base and inscribed in Hebrew might contain the scrolls with the names of the martyrs or their ashes.
Inscription:
יד
וזכרון נצח ליקירינו
קדושי קהילת
ווארליאן
וסביבתה
לטביה
שנספו בשואה
ביום י"א מנחם אב
שנת תש"א
הי"ד
ארץ אל תכסי דמם
Translation: An eternal memory / to our dear ones / holy martyrs of the community / of Varakļāni / and its surroundings / Latvia / who perished in the Holocaust / on the 11th of Menachem Av / year 5701 / may God avenge their blood / Earth, do not cover their blood.
On the metal box, in Hebrew:
קדושי
ווארקלין
והסביבה
Translation: The martyr/s of Varakļāni/ and its sorrundings.
Commissioned by
Survivors from Varakļāni, Latvia
sub-set tree: 
Depth of the base: 120
Length of the base: 160
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Encyclopedia of the ghettos (Yad Vashem project) , https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=347.
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39073"
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36520.jpg.