Obj. ID: 52860
Memorials Yanov near Pinsk (Janów Poleski, Ivanava) Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon, Bat Yam) Cemetery, Israel, 1980/81
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Yanov, Poland, (Yanov, Ukraine) who perished in the Holocaust.
Description: The monument is located in the Western Alley of the cemetery, among numerous Holocaust memorials established by Landsmannschaft organizations, survivors, and relatives. It consists of a tall, rectangular stone slab topped with a carved menorah, resting on a stepped base. On either side of the slab are two small stone boxes, with the left box now bearing a handwritten inscription. A lying slab is positioned on the base, and the entire structure is enclosed by a low metal fence with Star of David panels and connecting chains. All components of the monument—the main slab, lying slab, small sign on the fence, and the door of the box—are inscribed in Hebrew.
Inscription:
On the central slab, in Hebrew:
גלעד
לקדושי קהילת
יאנוב ע"י פינסק
והסביבה
שנספו בשואה
בשנים תש"א-תש"ג (1941-1942)
רובם המכריע נרצחו בעת חיסול הגיטו
ע"י הגרמנים הנאצים י"ב-י"ג תשרי תש"ג
על אלה אני בוכיה עיני עיני יורדת מים
איכה א' ט"ז
עליה לבניכם ספרו
ובניכם לבניהם
ובניהם לדור אחר
יואל א' נ'
Translation: A memorial / To the Martyrs of the Yanov Community / Near Pinsk / and Surrounding Areas / Who Perished in the Holocaust / in the Years 5701-5703 (1941-1942) / Most Were Murdered During the Ghetto Liquidation / by the Nazi Germans / 12-13 Tishrei 5703 / For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water / Lamentations 1:16 / Tell it to your children / and let your children tell it to their children / and their children to another generation / Joel 1:3.
On the lying slab, in Hebrew:
פה טמון
אפר הקדושים
הי"ד
Translation: Here lies / the ashes of the holy martyrs / may God avenge their blood.
On the white metal box, left to the slab, in Hebrew:
שמות
הקדושים
Translation: Names of the martyrs.
On the sign attached to the fence, in Hebrew:
הגדר נתרם
ע"י משפחות
אודריזינסקי - ואינבינדר
Translation: The fence was donated / by the Oderzynski and Weinbinder families.
Commissioned by:
On the base, in Hebrew:
המצבה הוקמה על ידי
יוצאי יאנוב בישראל
ובארצות הברית
Translation: The monument was established by / the survivors of Yanov in Israel / and the United States.
sub-set tree: 
Dedication
Epitaph
Hebrew traditional formulas | God revenge their blood היד
Quote from Jewish sources | Bible | Prophets | Joel 1:3
Quote from Jewish sources | Bible | Writings | Lamentations | Lamentations 1:16 (For these things I weep / על אלה אני בוכיה)
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Based on a photo of the memorial from the 1980s or 1990s, published in the Ghetto Fighters House archive, the original structure included two stone cube-shaped boxes, one on each side of the central slab. The left box, as inscribed, contained scrolls with the names of the martyrs. Today, this left box's original door has been replaced by a metal door with a handwritten Hebrew text indicating the same purpose. The right stone box no longer has a door and is empty.
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=485.
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/14622074.
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39101"
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36651.jpg.