Obj. ID: 56482
Memorials Memorial to Plotnitsa Victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Plotnitsa, Stakhov, and the surrounding communities, Poland (today Belarus), 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. It is a tall, light-colored stone slab, divided into three sections by two engraved horizontal lines. It stands on a light stone base, on which lies a small, flat stone slab. To the left of the monument stands a small memorial candle holder. A metal relief of a Star of David decorates the front of the monument. The monument is enclosed by a metal fence, with a second Star of David made of metal placed in front of the monument’s facade. The fence segments are connected at the front by a metal chain. 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 main monument, in Hebrew:
Translation:
In memory of the martyrs/of the community of Plotnitsa/Stakhov and the surrounding area/
who perished in the Holocaust/May God avenge their blood/Erected by the Association of Jews from Plotnitsa/Memorial Day: 1st of the beginning of the month of Elul.
On the small flat stone slab, in Hebrew:
Translation:
Here lie/the ashes of the martyrs.
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Plotnitsa, Poland (Plotnitsa, Belarus) (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom)
sub-set tree: 
As seen on the Ghetto Fighters' House Archive website, originally the fence included two Stars of David, and additionally, a metal menorah stood to the left of the monument.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Spector, Shmuel, “Plotnitsa,” in Pinkas HaKehillot. Poland, vol. 5: Volhynia and Polesie, ed. Shmuel Spector (Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 1990), 299.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Yad Vashem, https://wwv.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft, Word, -, 7376.pdf.
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39157 "
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36557.jpg.