Obj. ID: 56141
Memorials Dokšycy (Dokshitsy, Dokszyce) Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Dokšycy, Poland (Today Dokshitsy, Dokszyce, Belarus), 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 set on a marble wall and has three parts: in the middle, there is a flame-shaped black plaque, with an engraving of the community's synagogue. On both sides there are engravings of Stars of David. The monument bears Hebrew and English 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.
Inscription:
On the middle part, in Hebrew:
לזכר קדושי
דוקשיץ
פרפיאנוב
והסביבה
Translation:
In memory of the martyrs of Dokshitsy/Parafianov/surroundings.
On the left side, in Hebrew:
[List of fallen warriors]
לזכר
הפרטיזנים והחיילים
שנפלו במלחמתם בצורר
לוין שפסל גילנסון מרדכי
Translation: In memory of/ the partisans and soldiers/ who fell in their battle against the oppressor/Levin/Shapsal/Gilenson/Mordechai.
On the right side, in English and Hebrew:
DOKSHIZ
1942
תאריכי הפוגרומים
י"ג באדר תש"ב
ט"ו באייר תש"ב
וכ"ג בסיון תש"ב
פרפיאנוב-ט"ו בסיון תש"ב
Translation: DOKSHIZ 1942/Dates of the Pogroms: 13th of Adar/15th of Iyar/23rd of Sivan 5702/Parafianov – 15th of Sivan 5702.
On the golden plaque from the right, in English:
BUILT BY THR DOKSHITZ &
PARAFIANOW ASSOCIATION
IN ISRAEL AND U.S.A
WITH THE GENEROSITY OF
T&D RETSKIN FAMILY
Commissioned by: Association of Jews from Dokšycy (Dokshitsy, Dokszyce), (Landsmanschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom).
sub-set tree: 
*Memorials | Memorial to the Holocaust (Shoah) victims | Memorial to Jewish resistance | Memorial to Jewish partisans
*Memorials | Memorial to the Holocaust (Shoah) victims | Burial of ashes
*Memorials | Memorial to the Holocaust (Shoah) victims | Burial of scrolls with the names of victims
Width: 410 cm
According to Jewish Gen translation of the memorial book, a monument was built in 1988. Ashes of our martyrs, brought by immigrants from Dokshitz, were placed there together with a container holding a list of the martyrs.
"Execution of Jews in Dokshitsy," The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum,
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum, http://www.yahadinunum.orgwww.yahadmap.org/#village/dokshitsy-vitebsk-belarus.383.
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/14622187.
For the Holocaust history, see
The Yad Vashem Encyclopedia of the Ghettos during the Holocaust, ed. Guy Miron., vol. 2 (Jerusalem, Yad Vashem, 2009), https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=241.
For the translation of the memorial book published in 1970 and extended before the translation in 1990, see
JewishGen, https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/dokshitsy/dok323.html.