Obj. ID: 56468
Memorials Memorial to Tuchyn and Kripe Victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel, 1979
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Tuchyn, Poland (Tuchyn, Ukraine), Krypa (Ukraine), and the 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 light-colored stone slab standing on a tiered stone base. At the foot of the monument, there is a small stone plaque covering a recessed stone niche. To its right, there is a small stone structure designed for a memorial candle. To the right of the monument, a stone panel is covered with a black plaque listing the names of the community’s victims.The monument bears Hebrew 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 a scroll listing the names of the Jewish community’s victims.
Inscription:
On the slab, in Hebrew:
י
ז
כ
ו
ר
לזכר
קדושי קהילות
טוטשין
קריפה
והסביבה
הי"ד
הוקם מתרומות שרידי
הקהילות בישראל ובתפוצות
תשל"ט – 1979
Translation:
Remember/ In memory of the martyrs of the Jewish communities of/Tuchyn/Krypa and the surrounding area/May God avenge their blood/ Erected with donations from the survivors/of these communities in Israel and the Diaspora/5739 – 1979.
On the small stone plaque, in Hebrew:
שמות הקדושים
שנפלו במרד
נגד הנאצים
י"א תשרי תש"ב
1942
Translation:
Names of the martyrs/who fell in the uprising/against the Nazis/11 Tishrei 5702 [1942].
On the stone panel covered by the black plaque, in Hebrew:
גל עד לזכר יהודי טוטשין שמרדו בגרמנים ואוקראינים
שרפו את הגטו ביום י"ב תשרי תש"ג 1942
בתרומתו של יעקב הימפלרב לזכר הוריו מאיר וינטה ז"ל
טורנטו, קנדה
JEK STOLAR (HIMELFARB) TORONTO CANADA
Translation:
Memorial to the Jews of Tuchyn who revolted against the Germans and Ukrainians/and burned the ghetto on 12 Tishrei 5703 [1942]/Donated by Yaakov Himelfarb/in memory of his parents, Meir and Yinta, of blessed memory/Toronto, Canada. [Followed by list of victims].
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Tuchyn, Poland (Tuchyn, Ukraine) (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom).
sub-set tree: 
Height: 196 cm
Width: 100 cm
Depth: 29 cm
Base:
Width: 140 cm
Depth: 160 cm
Height: 30 cm
Panel:
Height: 198 cm
Width: 140 cm
Depth: 15
"Execution of Jews in Horynhrad I and Tuchyn,"
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum, http://www.yahadinunum.orgwww.yahadmap.org/en/#village/tuchyn-tuczin-tuczyn-tutschin-rivne-ukraine.306.
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=425.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Sadeh, Avraham (comp.), The Jews of Tuchyn and Krypya Facing Their Murderers: Twenty-Four Testimonies (Tel Aviv: Association of Tuchyn and Krypya Survivors, Moreshet Mordechai Anielewicz Testimony House, 1990)., https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aeab3420-7521-0133-6a8a-00505686d14e (accessed February 18, 2025)
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Untold Stories - Murder Sites of Jews in Occupied Territories of the USSR (Yad Vashem project), https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/untold-stories/community/14622557.
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39089"
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36645.jpg.