Obj. ID: 56462
Memorials Memorial to Pacanów Victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Pacanów, 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, light-colored stone slab standing on a stone base. It is surrounded by a dark metal fence designed in the shape of hands reaching out for help. In front of the monument, there is a rectangular stone structure designated for a scroll with the names of the victims (As seen in a photo of the monument in the Ghetto Fighters Archive website) 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 slab, in Hebrew:
לזכר קהילת
פצנוב
הי"ד
תאריך ההשמדה
כ"ג מרחשון התש"ב 5702 [November 3, 1942]
Translation:
In memory of the Jewish community of Pacanów/May God avenge their blood/Date of destruction: 23 Marcheshvan 5702 [November 3, 1942].
On the stone structure , in Hebrew:
קדוש מותם
Translation:
Their death is sacred.
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Pacanów, Poland (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom).
sub-set tree: 
Height: 182 cm
Depth: 20 cm
Width: 100 cm
Base:
Depth: 101
Height 32 cm
Wiodth: 180 cm
The design of the fence is almost identical to the fence around Stopnica Victims of the Holocaust (ID 52845) in the same cemetery.
"Execution of Jews in Pacanów,"
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum, http://www.yahadinunum.orgwww.yahadmap.org/en/#village/pacanow-pacanow-swietokrzyskie-voivodeship-poland.1241.
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=825.
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39158"
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36558.jpg.