Obj. ID: 56179
Memorials Memorial to Łomazy and Rossosz Podlaski victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel, 1981
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Łomazy, Poland, and Rossosz Podlaski, Poland, 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 with a slanted top and a similarly sloped left side. It stands on a stone base and is surrounded by four short stone pillars 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 Jews who perished in the Holocaust and a scroll listing the names of the Jewish community's victims.
Inscription:
On the slab, in Hebrew:
לזכר קדושי
לומאז ורוסוש
פודלאסקי בפולין
שנספו בשואה
זכרם לא ימוש מלבנו לעד
Translation:
In memory of the martyrs of Łomazy and Rossosz Podlaski, Poland/who perished in the Holocaust/their memory will never fade from our hearts forever.
On the base of the monument, in Hebrew:
וירא כי אין איש
ותשתומם כי אין מפגיע
ותושע לו זרוע
וילבש בגדי נקם
(ישעיהו נ"ט:ט"ז-י"ז)
Translation:
He saw that there was no man/and was astonished that there was no intercessor/so His own arm brought salvation for Him/and He put on garments of vengeance (Isaiah 59:16–17).
On the front of the base, in Hebrew:
יד ושם לקורבנות הטבח ע"י הנאצים
ועוזריהם שנערך בקהילת לומזי ו' אלול 1942
Translation:
A memorial for the victims of the massacre/carried out by the Nazis and their collaborators/in the community of Łomazy/6 Elul 1942.
On the ground, before the base of the monument, in Yiddish:
אפשטאמיקע פון
לומאז רוסוש
אין ישראל ותפוצות
Translation:
Descendants of Łomazy and Rossosz/in Israel and the Diaspora.
On the front right pillar, in Hebrew:
אפר
הקדושים
Translation:
The ashes of the martyrs.
On the front left pillar, in Hebrew:
מגילת
הקדושים
Translation:
The scroll of the martyrs.
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Łomazy and Rossosz Podlaski, Poland (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom).
sub-set tree: 
Height: 180 cm
Width: 120 cm
Depth: 25 cm
Base:
Width: 30 cm
Depth: 116 cm
Height: 33 cm
column:
Height: 63 cm
Width: 23 cm
The monument was unveiled on September 6, 1981 (Sefer Lomaz, p. 79, with a photograph, and p. 83-85 with more photographs; the same photograph published in Gover, 2017, p. 136).
Alperovitz, Yitzhak (ed.), Sefer Lomaz: ayarah be-hayeha u-ve-kilyonah (Tel Aviv: Irgunei Lomaz be-Israel u-ve-Artzot Ha-Brit, 1994)
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=523.
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39107"
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36612.jpg.
Gover, Meir G., Ordinary Jews: The Massacre of the 1,800 Jews of Lomazy, Poland, on August 18, 1942 (Israel: by the author, 2017), p. 136.