Obj. ID: 56188
Memorials Memorial to Biała Podlaska victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Biała Podlaska, 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 wide stone slab with a black plaque affixed to it. It stands on a broad stone base, which is partially enclosed on its right side by a low stone wall. To the left of the monument, there is a low stone obelisk designed to hold a memorial candle. Beneath it, there is a dark stone lying slab. The monument bears Hebrew inscriptions honoring the community's memory. The community name is emphasized through the use of a larger font size. One of the inscriptions indicates that the monument contains the ashes of the Jews who perished in the Holocaust.
Inscription:
On the monument, in Hebrew:
מצבת זכרון
לאחינו ואחיותינו קדושי עירנו
ביאלה פודלסקה
(ביאלה גדול)
שנספו בשואה ע"י הנאצים
וגרוריהם ימ"ש
בשנות הדמים תרצ"ט–תש"ה
ארץ אל תכסי דמם
Translation:
Memorial monument/for our brothers and sisters, the martyrs of our city/Biała Podlaska (Great Biała) /Who perished in the Holocaust at the hands of the Nazis/and their collaborators, may their names be erased/During the years of blood 5699–5705 [1939–1945].
Earth, do not cover their blood.
On the stone wall to the right, in Hebrew:
יבואו שלום ינוחו על משכבותם
בזכותם ישובו
נדחי ישראל
לאחוזתם
Translation:
May they enter peace and rest upon their beds./By their merit, the dispersed of Israel/shall return to their homeland.
On the dark lying slab, in Hebrew:
פה נטמן
אפר הקדושים
Translation:
Here lie the ashes of the martyrs.
Near the base, in Hebrew:
יוצאי ביאלה
בארץ ובתפוצות
Translation:
Survivors of Biała/in Israel and the Diaspora.
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Biała Podlaska, Poland (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom).
sub-set tree: 
Height: 190 cm
Width: 135 cm
Depth: 26 cm
Base:
Height: 35 cm
Depth: 132 cm
Wall:
Depth: 10 cm
Width: 223 cm
lying slab:
Height: 100 cm
Width: 55 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=128.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Faygnboym, M. Y. Podlashe in Nazi Grip: Notes from the Destruction (Buenos Aires: Published by a Friends’ Committee, 1953)., https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/558c9160-502d-0133-8767-00505686a51c?_gl=1*1gsmx7p*_gcl_au*OTczNjQ0Njk2LjE3MzgyMzQzMDg.*_ga*MTI5MzExNjk5NC4xNzM3MTA4MjAx*_ga_P03CNT7C31*MTc0MTcxODgyOC4yNi4xLjE3NDE3MTg4MzYuMC4wLjA. (accessed March 11, 2025)
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 62849"
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/idea/65011.jpg.