Obj. ID: 56155
Memorials Memorial to Beregszász (Berehove) victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel, 1981
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Beregszász, Hungary (today Berehove, Ukraine), 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 large stone slab featuring a grey relief depicting the Great synagogue in Beregszász (the synagogue was reconstructed beyond recognition, see ID 14425). At the lower part of the slab, there is a dark plaque accompanied by two stone memorial candle holders. The slab is set on a dark base, encircled by short stone columns connected by a metal chain.
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 large slab, in Hebrew:
על אלה
אני בוכיה
עיני עיני
יורדה מים
לזכר קדושי קהילת
ברגסס
והסביבה
Translation: For these, I weep / My eyes, my eyes / Flow with tears [Lamentations 1:16] / In memory of the martyrs / Of the Beregszász community / And its surroundings.
On the memorial candle holders, right and left, in Hebrew:
ברוך ציטרום
משה ציטרום
Translation: Baruch Citrom / Moshe Citrom.
On the dark plaque, in Hebrew:
לזכר
אליהו,שיינדל וישראל מרדכי
למשפחת שכטר
שנספו...הי"ד
Translation: In memory of / Eliyahu, Sheindel, and Yisrael Mordechai / Of the Schechter family / Who perished... May God avenge their blood (HY"D).
On the base, in Hebrew:
פה נטמן עפר הקדושים
Translation: Here lies the soil of the martyrs.
Commissioned by: Association of Jews from Beregszász, (Landsmanschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom)
sub-set tree: 
Hebrew traditional formulas | God revenge their blood היד
Quote from Jewish sources | Bible | Writings | Lamentations | Lamentations 1:16 (For these things I weep / על אלה אני בוכיה)
Quote from Jewish sources | Bible | Writings | Lamentations | Lamentations 1:17
Hebrew traditional formulas | Here is buried פנ
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Depth: 20 cm
Width: 150 cm
Height: 200 cm
The base:
Height: 12 cm
Depth: 107 cm
Column:
Height: 120 cm
Depth: 20 cm
"Andartaot," Merkaz ha-irgunim shel nitzolei ha-shoah be-Israel (Center of the Associations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel), https://www.holocaust-s.org/אנדרטת-מצבה/ברגסס-והסביבה/.
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=159.
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39045"
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36533.jpg.