Obj. ID: 56489
Memorials Memorial to Radekhiv (Radziechów) Region Victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Radekhiv, Poland (Radekhiv, Ukraine), who perished in the Holocaust.
Description:
The monument is located in the Southeastern Alley of the cemetery, among dozens of other Holocaust memorials erected by Landsmannschaft organizations, survivors, and relatives.
The monument is a dark stone monument shaped like a rough boulder, bearing a metal relief inscription. It stands on a light stone base and is surrounded by four short stone pillars connected by metal chains. On the base, there is a small stone structure with a metal door. Attached to the monument is a stone wall featuring an engraving of the community's synagogue. A small urn is placed on the base of the monument.
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 monument, in Hebrew:
ב-ראדיחוב לופאטין ויטקוב
Translation: Memorial stone/in memory of the martyrs of the Holocaust/who perished in Radziechów (today, Radekhiv), Łopatyn (today Lopatyn), Witków (today Novyi Vytkiv), Chołojów (today Vuzlove), Toporów (today Toporiv), Stanisławczyk (today Stanislavchyk), Strzemilcze (today Stremilche), Szczurowice (today Shchurovychi), Uwin (Uvyn), Baryłów (Baryliv), Wolica (Volytsia), Wygoda, Skrylow, Zawidcze (today Zavydche), Mikołajów (today Mykolaiv), Dmytrów (today Dmytriv), Sieńków (today Synkiv), Niestanice (today Nestanychi). // O earth, do not cover their blood/and let their cry have no resting place/May God avenge their blood [Job 16:18]
On the small stone structure, in Hebrew:
Translation: Names/of the martyrs
on the stone wall, in Hebrew:
Translation: The synagogue of Radekhiv
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Radekhiv, Poland (Radekhiv, Ukraine) (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=1016.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Kresel, G. (ed.), Memorial Book for the Communities of Radekhiv, Lopatyn, Novyi Vytkiv, Kholoyiv, Toporiv, Stanyslavchyky, Staryi Milyatyn, Shtrovyets; and the villages of Uvyn, Baryliv, Vulytsia-Vyhoda, Skrylów, Zavysh, Mykolayiv, Dmytriv, Sinkiv, and others (Tel Aviv: Organization of the Former Residents ?????), https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/71177aa0-7b6d-0133-868c-00505686a51c (accessed April 7, 2025)
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Untold Stories - Murder Sites of Jews in Occupied Territories of the USSR (Yad Vashem project), https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/untold-stories/community/14939448.