Obj. ID: 56487
  Memorials  Memorial to Kryłów Victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel, 1980

To the main object: Southeastern Alley of Holocaust Memorials in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon), Israel

Memorial Name:
No official name.

Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Kryłów, Poland, and the surrounding area who perished in the Holocaust.

Description:
The monument is located in the Southeastern Alley of the cemetery, along with many other Holocaust memorials built by Landsmannschaft organizations, survivors, and relatives. It consists of a stone slab standing on a stone base. To its side is a low black stone wall. At the base is a small stone structure with a metal door, and in front of the slab is a niche for memorial candles. The monument is surrounded by four short stone pillars. The monument bears Hebrew inscriptions honoring the community’s memory. The community name is emphasized through the use of a larger font size. 
The inscriptions indicate that the monument contains a scroll listing the names of the Jewish community’s victims.

Inscription:

on the main monument, in Hebrew:

Translation:
In memory of the martyrs of the community of Kryłów/and the surrounding area/who perished in the Holocaust/5699–5705 [1939–1945]/May God avenge their blood/Erected by the Association of Jews from Kryłów in Israel/Memorial Day: 19 Sivan

on the small stone structure, in Hebrew:

שמות
הקדושים

on the side wall, in Hebrew:

Translation:
I will bring you up from your graves, My people/and I will bring you to the Land of Israel [Ezekiel 37:12]

Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Kryłów, Poland (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom)