Obj. ID: 56160
Memorials Memorial to Kozienice (Kozhnitz) victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Kozienice (Kozhnitz), 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 is a large, dark stone slab framed by a triangular structure, with a frieze and a pediment. It stands on a base and is enclosed by a metal fence with stylized cut-out silhouettes of raised hands. On the base, there is a small stone structure for a memorial candle and a bowl.
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.
Inscriptions:
On the triangular, pediment-like structure, in Hebrew:
עיר המגיד
Translation: The city of Maggid [reference to Yisroel Hopstein]
On the dark plaque in the center, in Hebrew and Yiddish:
זכור
פארגעסט נישט
Translation: Remember / Do not forget
In Hebrew:
נזכור את
קדושי
קהילת
קוז'ניץ
והסביבה
שנספו בשואה
ביום א' דחוה"מ סוכות
תש"ב
יזגרם ואור נשמתם
יקוננו בלבנו לנצח
והעליתי אתכם מקברותיכם עמי
והבאתי אתכם אל אדמת ישראל
(יחזקאל)
Translation: We will remember / The martyrs of / The Kozienice / Community / and surroundings / Who perished in the Holocaust / On the 1st day of Chol HaMoed Sukkot / 5702 / May their memory and the light of their souls / Be engraved in our hearts forever / I will bring you up from your graves, My people, / And I will bring you to the land of Israel (Ezekiel).
On the small stone structure, in Hebrew:
נר ה' נשמת אדם
Translation: The soul of man is the lamp of the Lord [Proverbs 20:27].
On the base, in Hebrew:
והעליתי אתכם מקברותיכם עמי
והבאתי אתכם אל אדמת ישראל
(יחזקאל)
Translation: I will bring you up from your graves, My people, / And I will bring you to the land of Israel (Ezekiel).
Commissioned by: Association of Jews from Kozienice (Kozhnitz), (Landsmanschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom)
sub-set tree: 
Width: 120 cm
Depth: 80 cm
Height of the base: 32 cm
Height of the stone structure: 33 cm
Width of the stone structure: 36 cm
Depth of the stone structure: 25 cm
"Execution of Jews in Kozienice,"
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum, http://www.yahadinunum.orgwww.yahadmap.org/en/#village/kozienice-masovian-voivodeship-poland.1407.
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=883.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Englard-Wasserstrom, Yitzhak, Moshe Zucker, and others, Kortshin: Memorial Book (New York: Kortshiner Memorial Book Committee, 1967)., https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/97453c30-75b6-0133-c7e6-00505686d14e (accessed November 25, 2024)