Obj. ID: 56485
Memorials Memorial to Włodawa and Sobibor Victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Włodawa, Poland, and Sobibor extermination camp victims, including the communities of the surrounding area, 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 tall stone obelisk standing next to a stone sphere. On the stones that form the base of the monument are inscribed the names of communities from various countries, from which Jews were deported to be exterminated in Sobibor. To the right, metal plaques are embedded among the stone tiles. The monument bears Hebrew and Yiddish inscriptions honoring the memory of the victims. One of the inscriptions indicates that the monument contains the ashes of the Jews who perished in the Holocaust.
Inscription:
On the obelisk, in Hebrew and Yiddish:
ס
ו
ב
י
ב
ו
ר
המרד אויפשטאגר
14.10.1943
Translation: Sobibor/ The uprising/ 14 October 1943
On the stone sphere, in Hebrew:
וולודאבה והסביבה
Translation:Włodawa and the surrounding area
On the metal plaques, from top to bottom, in Hebrew and Yiddish:
יד
לזכר קדושינו
Translation:A memorial/for our martyrs
פה נטמן אפר
הקדושים
שהובא מהקרמטוריום
סוביבור
בו נשרפו
מאות
אלפי
יהודים
הי"ד
Translation: Here lie the ashes/ of the martyrs/brought from the crematorium/ of Sobibor/ where hundreds of thousands/ of Jews/ were burned/ May God avenge their blood
מצבה זו
הוקמה על
אפר שהובא
מבתי עלמין
מוולודאבה
לזכרם
של כל הנפטרים
מכל הדורות
שמצבותיהן
נעקרו ונופצו
בידי הנאצים ימ"ש
בשנת תש"ב–תש"ג
1942–1943
Translation: This monument/ was erected on ashes brought/from the cemeteries/ of Włodawa/in memory/ of all the deceased/ from every generation/ whose gravestones/ were uprooted and shattered/ by the accursed Nazis/in the years 5702–5703 [1942–1943]
אייביקער
דענקמאל
אונזערע ניט
פארגעסענע
קדושים
Translation: An eternal/ memorial/ to our never-/forgotten/ martyrs
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Włodawa and Sobibor, Poland (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom).
sub-set tree: 
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=334.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Kantz, Shimon (ed.), Memorial Book of Włodawa and Surroundings, Sobibor (Tel Aviv: Association of Former Residents of Włodawa and Surroundings in Israel, 1974), https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/98ce7740-28ca-0133-34bd-58d385a7bbd0 (accessed April 7, 2025)
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39134"
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36640.jpg.