Obj. ID: 56486
Memorials Memorial to Dubienka, Skryhiczyn, and Dorohusk Victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Dubienka, Skryhiczyn, and Dorohusk, Poland, and the surrounding areas who perished in the Holocaust.
Description:
The monument is located in the Southeastern Alley of the cemetery, alongside many other Holocaust memorials built by Landsmannschaft organizations, survivors, and relatives. It is a a light-colored stone slab set on a stone base, with a small flat slab in front and two short pillars connected by a metal chain. A nearby panel bears metal plaques with victims’ names. The monument bears Hebrew inscriptions honoring the community’s memory. The community names are 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 slab, in Hebrew:
Translation:
In memory of the martyrs of/Dubienka/Skryhiczyn/Dorohusk/and the surrounding area/
Memorial Day: 20 Sivan–16 Heshvan/I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name [Isaiah 56:5]
On the side of the main slab, in Hebrew:
Translation: Dubienka.
On the small stone slab, in Hebrew:
Translation:
The destruction/20 Sivan 5702–16 Heshvan 5703 [June 5, 1942–November 26, 1942]/Here lie the ashes of the martyrs
on the metal panel, in Hebrew:
שמות הקדושים בחייהם ובמותם
הי"ד
[רשימת שמות הקורבנות]
Translation: The names of the martyrs/in life and in death/May God avenge their blood [Followed by the list of the victims' names].
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Dubienka, Skryhiczyn, and Dorohusk, Poland (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom)
sub-set tree: 
| Southeastern Alley of Holocaust Memorials, sector 20, at the cemetery fence.
As can be seen on the Ghetto Fighters' House Archive website, the original monument was surrounded by six short stone pillars connected by a metal chain. In addition, there was a small stone box placed beside the main monument, inscribed with the words
Translation: Names of the Martyrs
which housed scrolls listing the names of the community's victims. On top of the stone chest stood a vessel-like structure containing a large candleholder.
"Execution of Jews in Dubienka,"
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum
For the photograph of the memorial done in the 1980s or the 1990s, see, "ID 39057" and "39056".
The Archive of Ghetto Fighters' House, https://infocenters.co.il/gfh/multimedia/Photos/Idea/36617.jpg.