Obj. ID: 56142
  Memorials  Stryków 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 of Stryków, Poalnd, 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 consists of three stone slabs with rounded tops, interconnected and standing on a stone base. In front, there are three short stone columns linked by a metal chain. The central slab features a Menorah decoration, while the slabs on the left and right display decorations of Stars of David. The monument bears Hebrew and Yiddish 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 right slab, in Hebrew: 

יזכור

יזכור אלהים את נשמות הקדושים

הטהורים הישרים והתמימים

בני עירנו ובני משפחותינו היקרים והאהובים

שהושמדו בידי הנאצים וגרוריהם

בימי השואה הגדולה

הי"ד

Translation: Yizkor / May God remember the souls of the holy / Pure, upright, and innocent / Our dear and beloved townspeople and family members / Who were destroyed by the Nazis and their collaborators / During the great Holocaust / May their blood be avenged (HY"D).

On the central slab, in Hebrew:

לזכר קהילת 

סטריקוב

(ע"י לודז)

שהושמדו

הורים אחים אחיות וילדיהם

ע"י הנאצים וגרוריהם

בשנות השואה הנוראה

יום הזכרון עשרה בטבת

ת.נ.צ.ב.ה

מנציחים יוצאי סטריקוב

Translation:  In memory of the community of / Stryków / (near Łódź) / Who were annihilated / Parents, brothers, sisters, and their children / By the Nazis and their collaborators / During the terrible years of the Holocaust / Memorial Day: Asarah B'Tevet / May their souls be bound in the bond of life / Commemorated by the survivors of Stryków.

On the left slab, in Yiddish and Hebrew:

למען ידעו דור אחרון

בנים יולדו יקימו ויספרו

לבניהם תהילים ע"ח

 אייביק געדנקען אין

נישט פארגעסען

 לזכור ולא לשכוח 

Translation: So that the last generation may know / Sons will be born, they will arise and recount / To their children (Psalms 78).

Forever remembered and / Never forgotten/ To remember and never forget.

On the lying slab, in Hebrew:

כאן טמון

אפר הקדושים

הי"ד

Translation: Here lie/ the ashes of the martyrs.

Commissioned by: Association of Jews from Stryków, (Landsmanschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom)