Obj. ID: 56477
Memorials Memorial to Lakhva Victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Lakhva, Poland (Lakhva, Belarus), who perished in the Holocaust, including the fighters and victims of the ghetto uprising.
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 dark granite slab with a rough texture, featuring a relief of a Star of David connected to a stem-like shape, resembling a flower. At its base lies a wide, flat light-colored stone slab. To the right of the monument stands a stone panel inscribed with the names of victims from the community. 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 dark granite slab, in Hebrew:
לחווא
Translation: Lakhva / He saw that there was no man/and was astonished that there was no intercessor/ so His own arm brought Him salvation.../and He put on garments of vengeance/ [Isaiah 59:16–17]
On the upper section of the flat slab, in Hebrew:
פה נטמן
אפר הקדושים
Translation: Here lie/ the ashes of the martyrs
On the side of the flat slab, in Hebrew:
מגילת הקדושים
Translation: The scroll of the martyrs
On the lower section of the flat slab, in Hebrew:
ראשונים
למרד
Translation: First/ to rebel
On the base, in Hebrew, in front:
נפלו כגבורים ביום כ"א אלול תש"ב
Translation: They fell as heroes on the 21st of Elul, 5702 [September 3, 1942].
On the stone panel, in Hebrew:
לזכר הבנים שנפלו בקרב כפרטיזנים וכחיילים בצבאות הברית
Translation: In memory of the martyrs of Lakhva – the heroes and fighters of the ghetto/ who perished on 21 Elul 5702 [September 3, 1942]/
[list of victims] In memory of the sons who fell in battle/as partisans and soldiers in the Allied armies
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Lakhva, Poland (Lakhva, Belarus) (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom)
sub-set tree: 
*Memorials | Memorial to the Holocaust (Shoah) victims | Burial of ashes
*Memorials | Memorial to the Holocaust (Shoah) victims | Burial of scrolls with the names of victims
*Memorials | Memorial to the Holocaust (Shoah) victims | Memorial to Jewish resistance | Memorial to Jewish partisans
*Memorials | Memorial to Jewish soldiers of WWII
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Michaeli, H. A. (ed.), Rishonim la-Mered: Lakhva (First to Rebel: Lakhva) (Jerusalem: Encyclopedia of the Diaspora Publishing, 1957)., https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5218fdd0-6c6b-0133-b993-00505686a51c (accessed March 25, 2025)
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum, http://www.yahadinunum.orgwww.yahadmap.org/en/#village/lakhva-lachwa-achwa-brest-belarus.409.
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39111"
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36609.jpg.