Obj. ID: 56479
Memorials Memorial to Luninets and Kazhan-Haradok Victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Luninets and Kazhan-Haradok, Poland (Luninets and Kazhan-Haradok, Belarus), 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 resembles a dark boulder, bearing a relief of a Star of David. It stands on a wide stone base, on which two narrow, upright dark stone plaques are placed. To the right of the monument is a large stone candlestick. In front of the monument, there is a large metal candlestick. The entire monument is surrounded by a metal fence.
The monument bears Hebrew inscriptions honoring the community’s memory. The community names are emphasized through the use of a larger font size. The inscriptions indicate that the monument contains the ashes of the Jews who perished in the Holocaust שמג a scroll listing the names of the Jewish community’s victims.
Inscription:
On the main monument, in Hebrew:
גלעד
לקדושי קהילות
לוניניץ
קוז'נהורודוק
והסביבה
יום השמדה ה' אלול תש"ב
Translation:
A monument/for the martyrs of the communities of/Luninets/Kazhan-Haradok/and the surrounding area/Day of destruction: 5 Elul 5702 [August 18, 1942]
On the base, in Hebrew:
והעליתי אתכם מקברותיכם עמי
והבאתי אתכם אל-אדמת ישראל
(יחזקאל ל"ז י"ב)
Translation:
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 right upright stone plaque, in Hebrew:
עפר ואפר
הקדושים
מקבר האחים
בלוניניץ
Translation:
Dust and ashes/of the martyrs/from the mass grave/in Luninets
On the left upright stone plaque, in Hebrew:
מגילת
הקדושים
הי"ד
Translation: Scroll of/the martyrs/May God avenge their blood
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Luninets and Kazhan-Haradok, Poland (Luninets and Kazhan-Haradok, Belarus) (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom)
sub-set tree: 
"Execution of Jews in Luninets,"
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum, http://www.yahadinunum.orgwww.yahadmap.org/en/#village/luninets-luniniec-brest-belarus.414.
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=525.
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/14622440.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Ze’evi, Yosef (ed.), Memorial Book: The Communities of Luninets and Kozhan-Haradok (Tel Aviv: Association of Jews from Luninets and Kozhan-Haradok, 1952)., https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/937e8000-79c3-0133-80b0-00505686d14e (accessed March 31, 2025)
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39109"
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36611.jpg.