Obj. ID: 53710
Memorials Holocaust Memorial in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Guatemala, 1954
Name of Monument
No official name
What / Who is commemorared?
Description
Inscriptions
In Spanish:
En Memoria
A los millones de nuestros hermanos y
hermanas que fueron víctimas del
furor sanguinario de los nazis, en
Alemania y países ocupados en los
años 1933 a 1945.
Que en paz descansen, doquiera reposen
sus restos mortales. que dios, el
todopoderoso, sea misericordioso
con sus almas inmortales
Guatemala en septiembre de 1954
En Elul de 5714
La Comunidad Israelita de Guatemala
Translation: In Memory to the millions of our brothers and sisters who were victims of the bloodthirsty fury of the Nazis in Germany and occupied countries from 1933 to 1945. May they rest in peace, wherever their mortal remains may lie, and may the Almighty God be merciful to their immortal souls. Guatemala, September 1954. In Elul of 5714. The Jewish Community of Guatemala.
In Spanish:
Recuerde dios
las almas de los mártires
que han sido matados y
asesinados por los crueles
asesinos. Guardelos en la
sombra de tus alas, que
sean sus almas unidas en
el manantial de vida y
descansen en paz en su
lecho y diremos
amen
Translation: May God remember the souls of the martyrs who have been killed and murdered by cruel assassins. Guard them in the shadow of Your wings; may their souls be united in the bond of life and rest in peace in their resting place. We say, Amen.
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