Obj. ID: 56165
Memorials Memorial to Šurany victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel, 1996
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Šurany, Hungary (today Slovakia), 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 stone wall with a protruding stone slab. The slab features an image of the community's synagogue, and on its upper part, four metal Stars of David are mounted on small pillars. On the wall, on both sides of the slab, there are metal plaques with the names. At the base of the monument, on both sides, there are niches for memorial candles. The entire structure stands on a wide platform.
The monument bears Hebrew inscriptions honoring the community's memory. The community name is emphasized through the use of a larger font size.
Inscirptions:
On the central slab, in Hebrew:
גל-עד
לזכר קדושי קהילת
שוראני
והסביבה (סלובקיה)
שנספו בשואה הי"ד
למען ידעו דור אחרון
בנים יולדו יקומו ויסגרו לבניהם
(תהלים ע"ח)
יום הזכרון כ"ז סיון
Translation: Memorial / In memory of the martyrs of the Šurany community / and the surrounding areas (Slovakia) / who perished in the Holocaust, may God avenge their blood /So that the last generation may know / the children yet to be born will arise and tell their children / (Psalms 78) /Memorial Day / 27 Sivan.
On the plaque from the left, in Hebrew:
קורבנות השואה שלא נותר שריד ממשפחתם הי"ד
Translation: Holocaust victims who left no surviving family may God avenge their blood. [followed a list of victims]
On the plaques, in Hebrew:
[the names of the communities' victims].
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Šurany, (Landsmanschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom).
sub-set tree: 
Height of the base: 20 cm
Height of the central slab: 175 cm
Depth of the slab: 8
Width of the slab: 100 cm
Width of the right and left panel: 70 cm
Depth of the right and left panel: 5
"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/שוראני-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=641.