Obj. ID: 56171
Memorials Memorial to Melnytsia Podilska (Mielnica Podolska) victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Melnytsia Podilska, Poland (Melnytsia Podilska, Ukraine), and surrounding communities 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 consists of a long and tall slab made of light-colored stone. The lower part of the slab features a black plaque resembling a structure, while the upper part appears broken at an angle. It stands on a stone base, on which a small, flat stone plaque is placed. The monument is surrounded by four low stone pillars connected by a metal chain. On its right side, there is a small metal door, and on its left side, there is a compartment for memorial candles. The inscriptions indicate that the monument contains the ashes of the Jews who perished in the Holocaust and that the monument holds scrolls listing the names of the Jewish community's victims.
Inscription:
On the stone slab, in Hebrew:
לזכר קדושי
קהילות
מילניצא
קורולובקה
איסציע
קריבטש
קודרניץ
הורושוב
פיליפץ
והסביבה
הי"ד
Translation:
In memory of the martyrs of the communities of
Melnytsia Podilska, Poland (Melnytsia Podilska, Ukraine)/Korolivka, Poland (Korolivka, Ukraine)/
Istia, Poland (Istia, Ukraine)/Kryvche, Poland (Kryvche, Ukraine)/
Kodranyts, Poland (Kodranyts, Ukraine)/Horoshiv, Poland (Horoshiv, Ukraine)/
Pylypets, Poland (Pylypets, Ukraine) and the surrounding area/
May God avenge their blood.
On the stone plaque, in Hebrew:
אפר
הקדושים
Translation:
The ashes of the martyrs.
On the metal door, in Hebrew:
מג(י)לת
שמו (ת)
(ק) דושים
שנספו
בשואה
Translation:
Scroll of the names of the holy martyrs who perished in the Holocaust.
On the compartment for memorial candles, in Hebrew:
נר ה' נשמת אדם
ת.נ.צ.ב.ה
אמן
Translation:
The candle of the Lord is the soul of man [Proverbs 20:27]/
May their souls be bound in the bond of life/Amen.
On the base, in Hebrew:
מי יתן ראשי מים
ועיני מקור דמעה
Translation: Oh, that my head were waters/ and my eyes a fountain of tears. [Jeremiah 9:1]
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Melnytsia Podilska, Poland (Melnytsia Podilska, Ukraine) (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom).
sub-set tree: 
Width: 65 cm
Depth: 40 cm
Width of the base: 130 cm
Height of the base: 33 cm
Depth of the base: 105 cm
"Execution of Jews in Melnytsia Podilska,"
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum, http://www.yahadinunum.orgwww.yahadmap.org/#village/melnytsia-podilska-melnitsa-podolskaya-mielnica-ternopil-ukraine.1503.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Yehoshua Lior (ed.), Melnitsah: District of Volhyn, Ukraine. Memorial Book, Testimony, and Remembrance of the Melnitsah Community (Tel Aviv: Melnitsah Survivors in Israel and the Diaspora, 1994).
, https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/735f5900-5e2e-0133-959c-00505686a51c?_gl=1*1pqqiqq*_gcl_au*OTczNjQ0Njk2LjE3MzgyMzQzMDg. (accessed February 26, 2025)