Obj. ID: 56166
Memorials Memorial to Sharkovshchina (Szarkowszczyzna) victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Szarkowszczyzna, Poland (today Sharkovshchina, Šarkaŭščyna, Vitebsk region, Belarus), as well as Jews from surrounding villages and settlements: Hermanowicze, Poland (today Germanovichi, Hiermanavičy, Belarus), Duniłowicze, Poland (today Dunilavičy, Belarus), Postawy, Poland (today Pastavy, Belarus), Nowy Pohost, Poland (today Novyi Pogost, Belarus)
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 wall with several plaques attached to it. The central larger plaque is made of black stone, additional smaller plaques are made of metal. The wall bears two metal Stars of David. In the front, four low stone pillars with memorial candle holders are connected by a metal chain.
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. The inscriptions indicate that the monument contains the ashes of the Jewish community's victims.
Inscription:
On the black stone plaque, in Hebrew:
לזכר עולם
קדושי קהילת
שרקובשצ'יזנה
פאהוסט-גרמנוביץ-פוסטאב-דונילוביץ
והסביבה מחוז וילנא
שנרצחו בשואה ע"י הנאצים ועוזריהם
ונקברו בקבר אחים בשרקובשצ'יזנה
ג' תמוז תש"ב 18.6.1942
קדושי קהילת
פוסטאב ודונילוביץ
נרצחו ונקברו בקבר אחים בפוסטאב
ו"כ בכסלו תש"ג 22.11.1942
תהילת נצח לגבורים הפרטיזנים
שלחמו ביערות ובחזית
הי"ד ת.נ.צ.ב.ה.
הונצחו ע"י שרידי הקהילות
בארץ ובתפוצות
Translation: In eternal memory / of the martyrs of the Sharkovshchina community / Pohost - Germanovich - Postawy- Duniłowicze/ and the surrounding areas in the Vilna district / who were murdered in the Holocaust by the Nazis and their collaborators / and buried in a mass grave in Sharkovshchina / 3 Tammuz 5702 – June 18, 1942 /The martyrs of the Postawy and Duniłowicze communities / were murdered and buried in a mass grave in Postavy / 26 Kislev 5703 – November 22, 1942 /Eternal glory to the heroic partisans / who fought in the forests and on the front / May God avenge their blood / May their souls be bound in the bond of life /Commemorated by the survivors of these communities / in Israel and the Diaspora.
On the small metal plaque, in Yiddish:
אייביק
געדיינקען
און
נישט
פארגעסען
Translation: Always remember and never forget
On a metal plaque, from the right, in Hebrew:
שמות הקדושים שנספו בשואה
בגטאות פוסטבי-דונילוביץ
22.11.42 י"ג בכסלו תש"ג
Translation: Names of the martyrs who perished in the Holocaust / in the Postawy-Duniłowicze ghettos / 22.11.1942 – 13 Kislev 5703. [Followed by a list of victims].
On the small stone plaque, in Hebrew:
פה נטמן
אפר הקדושים
Translation: Here are buried/the ashes of the martyrs.
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Sharkovshchina (Szarkowszczyzna), (Landsmanschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom).
sub-set tree: 
Height of the slab: 159 cm
Width of the monument: 330 cm
Height of the base: 22 cm
Height of the column: 69 cm
Width of the column: 20 cm
Depth of the column: 20 cm
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=1102.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum, http://www.yahadinunum.orgwww.yahadmap.org/#village/sharkovshchina-szarkowszczyzna-sharkaushchyna-vitebsk-belarus.1354.
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/14622183.