Obj. ID: 56177
Memorials Memorial to Tlumach (Tłumacz) and Tysmenytsia (Tyśmienica) victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Tlumach, Poland (Tłumacz, Ukraine), Tyśmienica, 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 stone slab featuring a relief of a menorah with six candles, symbolizing the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. On both sides of the monument, there are panels listing the names of the victims from the community. The slab stands on a stone base, which bears a plaque, and is surrounded by four stone pillars connected by a metal chain. Around the plaque on the base, there are six small stone pillars, also connected by a metal chain. The monument bears Hebrew inscriptions honoring the community's memory. The community name is emphasized through the use of a larger font size.
Inscription:
On the slab, in Hebrew:
Translation:
In memory of the martyrs of the Jewish communities of Tlumach/Tyśmienica and the surrounding area/who perished in the Holocaust.
On the base, in Hebrew:
תש"א-תש"ח
Translation:
5701–5708 [1941–1948]
On the base, in Polish:
Tłumacz and Tyśmienica.
On the plaque on the base, in Hebrew:
זכרם לא ימוש
מלבנו לנצח
Translation:
Their memory will never fade/from our hearts forever.
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Tlumach, Poland (Tłumacz, Ukraine) (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom).
sub-set tree: 
Width: 100 cm
Depth: 28 cm
Width of the panel: 41 cm
Height of the panel: 140 cm
Height of the base: 36 cm
Width of the base: 140 cm
Depth of the base: 111 cm
Height of the column: 51.5 cm
Width of the column: 20 cm
"Execution of Jews in Tlumach,"
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum, http://www.yahadinunum.orgwww.yahadmap.org/en/#village/tlumach-tlumacz-ivano-frankivsk-ukraine.643.
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=441.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Gelbart, Mordekhai, Sefer Serotsk (Tel-Aviv: Irgun Yots'ei Serotsk be-Yisra'el, 1971)., https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/698a10c0-3eba-0133-5505-00505686a51c (accessed September 10, 2024)