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  Memorial to Tyszowce Victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Levin, Vladimir, 2024

Memorial Name:
No official name.

Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Tyszowce, Poland, 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 stone base. On the base lies a small flat stone slab. At the foot of the large monument, on both sides, there are small stone structures for a memorial candle. The monument is enclosed by a metal fence. 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 and their ashes.

Inscription:

On the main slab, in Hebrew:|

לזכר
קדושי עירנו
טישובצה
והסביבה
הי"ד

Translation:
In memory of the martyrs of our town/Tyszowce/and the surrounding area/May God avenge their blood.

On the base, in Hebrew:

תאריך ההשמדה
ו' כסלו תש"ג
15.11.1942
והעלותי אתכם
מקברותיכם עמי
והבאתי אתכם
אל אדמת ישראל
(יחזקאל ל"ז י"ב)

Translation:
Date of destruction:/6 Kislev 5703 [15 November 1942]I will bring you up/from your graves, My people/and I will bring you/to the land of Israel [Ezekiel 37:12]

On the small flat stone slab, in Hebrew:

פה טמון
אפר
והשמות
של
קדושי
עירנו

Translation:
Here lie/the ashes/and the names/of the martyrs/of our town.

Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Tyszowce, Poland (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom).

Summary and Remarks
Remarks

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Name/Title
Memorial to Tyszowce Victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Date
1980s-1990s (?)
Active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Unknown |
Congregation
Unknown
Location
Israel | Holon (חולון)
| Southeastern Alley of Holocaust Memorials, at the cemetery fence.
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Unknown|
Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Collection
Unknown |
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
9 image(s)      

9 image(s)      
Iconographical Subject
Unknown |
Material / Technique
Stone, Metal.
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Slab:

Height: 202 cm
Width: 90 cm
Depth: 26 cm

Base:
Height: 20 cm
Depth: 169 cm
Width: 140 cm
Height
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Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
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Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
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Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources

"Execution of Jews in Tyszowce,"
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum, http://www.yahadinunum.orgwww.yahadmap.org/en/#village/tyszowce-tishevitz-tishovts-lublin-poland.580.

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=439.

For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Ziper, Yaakov (ed.), Pinkas Tyszowce (The Memorial Book of Tyszowce) (Tel Aviv: Association of Jews from Tyszowce in Israel, 1970)., https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eed852c0-3574-0133-d433-00505686a51c (accessed March 25, 2025)

For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39091"
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36536.jpg.
Type
Documenter
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Author of description
Lital Spivak | 2025
Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
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Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.
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