Obj. ID: 56483
Memorials Memorial to Grodzisk Mazowiecki and Błonie Victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Grodzisk Mazowiecki and Błonie, Poland, 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 light-colored stone slab standing on a matching light stone base. On the base lies a small, flat stone slab. The monument is enclosed 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.
Inscription:
On the main monument, in Hebrew:
Translation:
In memory/of the martyrs of the communities of/Grodzisk/
and Błonie/near Warsaw/who perished in the Holocaust/5699–5705 [1939–1945]/May God avenge their blood.
On the small flat slab, in Hebrew:
Translation:
Their memory and the light of their souls/will dwell in our hearts forever.
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Grodzisk Mazowiecki and Błonie, Poland (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom)
sub-set tree: 
As seen on the Ghetto Fighters' House Archive website, originally, at the front of the monument there was a small stone box with a transparent door intended for memorial candles. To the right, there was a stone urn. The base itself was covered with dark stones.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Encyclopedia of the ghettos (Yad Vashem project) , https://wwv.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=204.
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39051"
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36544.jpg.