Obj. ID: 56279
Memorials Memorial to Szydłów victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel/Eretz Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Szydłów, 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 two stone slabs, the right one has an engraving of the 16th-century synagogue in Szydłów and the left one has a list of the victims' names.
The monument bears Hebrew inscriptions honoring the community's memory. The community name is emphasized through the use of a larger font size.
Inscription:
גל עד
לזכר קהילת
שידלוב
מחוץ קילץ
מותיקות קהילות
פולין
שנעקרה כ"ד תשרי
התש"ג
המקום נתרם ע"י
משפחת אוסלקה
Translation: Memorial stone/In memory of the community of Szydlow near Kielce/One of Poland's oldest communities/Eradicated on 24th of Tishrei 5703 [1942] /Donated by the Oselek family.
On the left slab, in Hebrew:
לזכר יקירנו שניספו בשואה
בני משפחות
[list of victims]
תרומת משפחת בורשטיין
לזכר פנחס וויינבוים ובני משפחתו
שניספו בשואה
Translation: In memory of our loved ones who perished in the Holocaust / Members of the [list of victims] families / Donated by the Burstein family / In memory of Pinchas Weinbaum and his family / Who perished in the Holocaust.
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Szydłów, (Landsmanschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom).
sub-set tree: 
Height of the base: 28 cm
Height of the right slab: 205 cm
Length of the base: 92 cm
It is not clear, whether the Association of Jews from Szydłów initially had another monument in the Holon cemetery and later rebuilt it. The memorial book translated into English and published in 1989 shows a different monument in the Israeli cemetery.
For other community memorials built in Poland, Israel, USA, see
Kagan, Berl, ed., Memorial book Szydłowiec (New York: Shidlowtzer Benevolent Association in New York, 1989), https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/yizkor-books/yzk-nybc314233/kagan-berl-shidlovtser-yizker-bukh-english (accessed January 19, 2025)
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=1070.