Obj. ID: 56140
  Memorials  Praga and Warsaw Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel

To the main object: Southeastern Alley of Holocaust Memorials in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon), Israel

Memorial Name:

No official name.

Who is Commemorated?

The Jews from Warsaw's district Praga and  Jews from Warsaw, Poland, in general, who perished in the Holocaust.

Description:

The monument is located in the Southeastern Alley of the cemetery, along with dozens of other Holocaust memorials built by Landsmannschaft organizations, survivors, and relatives.

The monument is a two-tier structure, where the low tier is devoted to the Praga community and the upper tier is devoted to Warsaw community. The ground-level tier consists of five stelae set on a wide base. The central stele is black and shows the Great Synagogue of Praga. The other four steles are made of greyish marble and bear small silver and gold-colored plaques with the names of the victims.

The upper tier is a white stone horizontal slab decorated with the depiction of the Great Synagogue in Warsaw. Probably, the upper tier was added later.

The monument bears Hebrew, Yiddish, and Polish inscriptions honoring the community's memory. The community name is emphasized through the use of a larger font size. One of the inscriptions indicates that the monument contains the ashes of the Jews, who perished in the Holocaust.

Inscriptions:

In Hebrew and Polish, on the slab in the upper tier: 

לזכרם ולכבודם של יהודי

ורשה Warszawa

הגדולה בקהילות פולין ואירופה

רוב יהודי ורשה נרצחו בטרבלינקה

הי"ד

ארגון יוצאי ורשה בישראל

Translation: In memory/and honor/of the Jews/of Warsaw/Warszawa [Warsaw in Polish]/the largest community/in Poland and Europe/most of Warsaw's Jews/were murdered in Treblinka/May God avenge their blood/Organization of Warsaw Emigrants/in Israel/

On the central black stele in the low tier, in Hebrew: 

לזכר קדושי

פראגה

ע"י ורשה והסביבה

שניספו בשואה

הי"ד

Translation: In memory/of the martyrs/of Praga/near Warsaw and its surroundings/who perished in the Holocaust/May God avenge their blood.

On the lying slab, in front of the black central stele, in Hebrew: 

פ"נ

אפר הקדושים

Translation: Here lie/ the ashes of the martyrs. 

On a golden plaques affixed to the greyish slabs to the right and to the left from the black central plaque

 in Hebrew: 

לתשומת לב

האזכרה לקדושי פראגה ע"י וורשה והסביבה

תתקיים מדי שנה בשנה

היום שלישי לשבוע בתחילת חודש מאי בשעה 16:00

ע"י המצבה וועד יוצאי פראגה

in Yiddish:

מעלדונג
די יארליכע אזכרה נאך די קדושי פראגע ביי וורשע
און אומגעגונג, וועט פארקומען יעדעס יאהר דעם
ערשטן דינסטיק אין חודש מאי 4 אזייגער נ.מ.
ביי דער מצבה
די פארוואלטונג

Translation: Notice/The memorial ceremony for the martyrs of Praga near Warsaw and its surroundings will take place annually on the first Tuesday of May at 16:00, near the monument//  Committee of the Association of Jews from Praga

The golden-colored plaques with the names were the earliest. All the names are written in Hebrew in a unified way. Every name is followed by a Hebrew formula היד [="Let God revenge his blood].

The silver-colored plaques with the names were added later, the names are written in Hebrew and Latin characters, not in a uniform way. 

Commissioned by:

Association of Jews from Praga (Landmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei na-makom).