Obj. ID: 56163
Memorials Memorial to Telšiai (Telz) victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Telšiai (Telz), Lithuania, 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 structure consisting of a light-colored tiled wall with dedicatory inscriptions and a wide black horizontal slab with a slanted top, standing on a platform before the wall. The black plaque on the wall bears the depiction of the Great Beit Midrash and the Yeshiva in Telšiai, Lithuania.
In front of the monument, there were pillars with small structures for memorial candles—one pillar remains standing, while the others are broken.
The monument bears Hebrew inscriptions honoring the community's memory. The community name is emphasized through the use of a larger font size. The inscriptions indicate that the monument contains a scroll listing the names of the Jewish community's victims and their ashes.
Inscription:
On the wall, in Hebrew:
לזכר קדושי קהילת טלז ליטא
שנספו בשואה
כה אמר ה'
הנה אני פותח את קברותיכם
והעליתי אתכם מקברותיכם
עמי והבאתי אתכם
אל אדמת ישראל
יחזקאל ל"ז
Translation: In memory of the martyrs of the Telz community, Lithuania / Who perished in the Holocaust // Thus says the Lord / Behold, I will open your graves / And raise you up from your graves / My people, and bring you to the land of Israel / Ezekiel 37.
On the black horizontal slab, in Hebrew:
ימי זכרון
כ' בתמוז
ו' באלול
ב' בטבת
Translation: Memorial Days / 20 Tammuz / 6 Elul / 2 Tevet.
On a stone plaque, attached to the wall, on the right side, in Hebrew:
אפר ושמות
הקדושים
Translation: Ashes and Names / The Martyrs.
Commissioned by: Association of Jews from Telšiai (Telz), (Landsmanschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom)
sub-set tree: 
Length of the wall: 340 cm
Height of the tombstone: 85 cm
Width of the tombstone: 150 cm
Depth of the tombstone: 10 cm
Height of the base: 24 cm
Height of the column: 12 cm
Width of the base: 10 cm
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Alperovits, Yitzhak (ed.), Telz Book (Lithuania): Memorial to a Holy Community (Tel Aviv: Organization of Telz Survivors in Israel, 1984)., https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0031d440-3554-0133-535c-00505686d14e (accessed February 11, 2025)
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=443.
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/14621769.