Obj. ID: 56151
Memorials Białobrzegi Victims Monument in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Białobrzegi, Poland 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 has a stone frame shaped like a trapezoid, with dark horizontal lines across it enclosing a central plaque inscribed in Hebrew. There is a separate plaque at the base. Two short stone pillars with a metal chain stand in front. The monument bears Hebrew 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 top of the monument, in Hebrew:
בילובזשגי
Translation: Białobrzegi.
On the plaque, in Hebrew:
לזכר קדושי
קהילת בילובזשגי
ע"י רדום והסביבה
שנספו בשואה
בידי הגרמנים
הנאצים ועוזריהם
הי"ד
במחנות
ההשמדה
ובמשרפות
טרבלינקה
ושאר המקומות
ארץ אל תכסי
דמם
Translation: In memory of the martyrs / of the Białobrzegi community / near Radom and the surrounding area / who perished in the Holocaust / at the hands of the Germans, / the Nazis, and their collaborators / May God avenge their blood / in the extermination camps / and the crematoria / of Treblinka / and other places. / O land, do not cover their blood [Job 16:18].
On the small plaque:
פה טמון
אפר קדושינו
Translation: Here lie/the ashes of our martyrs.
Commissioned by: Association of Jews from Białobrzegi, (Landsmanschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom)
sub-set tree: 
Width of the top: 120 cm
General Height: 245 cm
Height of the base: 15 cm
Depth of the column: 14.5
Height of the column: 60 cm
"Execution of Jews in Białobrzegi,"
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum, http://www.yahadinunum.orgwww.yahadmap.org/#village/bia-obrzegi-bialobrzegi-masovian-voivodeship-poland.1386.
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=94.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Mandelboim, David Avraham (ed.), Memorial Book for the Community of Białobrzegi (Tel Aviv: Committee of the Town of Białobrzegi, 1991)., https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/16b630e0-50d6-0133-14a4-00505686a51c (accessed January 30, 2025)
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39042"
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36532.jpg.