Obj. ID: 56490
Memorials Memorial to Sarny Victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Sarny, Poland (Sarny, Ukraine), and surrounding communities 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. It consists of five flat abstract sculptural forms made of engraved metal. Between them lies a horizontal granite slab bearing the name of the community. The arrangement stands on a stepped base of dark and light stone. Three small, flat, horizontal slabs rest on the base. 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 the ashes of the Jews who perished in the Holocaust and a scroll listing the names of the Jewish community’s victims.
Inscription:
on the horizontal granite slab, in Hebrew:
Translation: Sarny and the surrounding area
סרני והסביבה
on the small right slab, in Hebrew:
ארץ
אל תכסי
דמם
Translation: Earth/do not cover/their blood [Job 16:18]
on the small center slab, in Hebrew:
מגילת
הקדושים
Translation: Scroll/of the martyrs
on the small left slab, in Hebrew:
עפר
הקדושים
Translation:
Ashes/of the martyrs
on the base, in Hebrew:
י"ד באלול תש"ב
Translation:
14 Elul 5702 [September 25, 1942]
Commissioned by:
Association of Jews from Sarny, Poland (Sarny, Ukraine) (Landsmannschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom)
sub-set tree: 
"Execution of Jews in Sarny,"
The Map of Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum, http://www.yahadinunum.orgwww.yahadmap.org/#village/sarny-rivne-ukraine.255.
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=762.
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Kariv, Yosef (ed.), Memory Book for the Community of Sarny (Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 1961)., https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f4aba010-3ead-0133-b963-00505686d14e (accessed April 8, 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/14667283.