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  Memorial to Piotrków Trybunalski Victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Levin, Vladimir, 2024

Memorial Name: No official name.

Who is Commemorated? The Jews of Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland, 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 a large stone sculpture depicting the synagogue of the Piotrków Trybunalski community. The sculpture stands atop a two-tiered brick-covered base. On this base are several metal plaques: two on the upper tier, one on the lower tier, and a small horizontal stone monument with a plaque between them. The monument bears Hebrew inscriptions honoring the community’s memory. The community name is 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 metal plaque on the lower base, in Hebrew:

פיוטרקוב טריבונלסקי והסביבה

Translation: Piotrków Trybunalski/and the surrounding area

 

Here is the English translation in your requested format:

On the plaque on the base of the monument, in Hebrew:

גלעד
לזכר שלש רבבות קדושי קהילת
פיוטרקוב-טריב. והסביבה
אשר נספו באימי השואה בשנים ת"ש-תש"ה

ארץ אל תכסי דמם ואל יהי מקום לזעקתם
הי"ד

Translation:
Memorial stone/in memory of the thirty thousand martyrs of the community of Piotrków Trybunalski and the surrounding area/who perished in the horrors of the Holocaust during the years 5700–5705 [1939–1945]/O earth, do not cover their blood/and let their cry have no place [Job 16:18]/May God avenge their blood.

on the small horizontal monument, in Hebrew:

פה הוטמן אפרם של קדושי

פיוטרקוב-טריב. והסביבה

אשר הובא מהבית העלמין בפיוטרקוב

ומגיא ההריגה בטרבלינקה

ת.נ.צ.ב.ה

Translation: Here lie the ashes of the martyrs/of Piotrków Trybunalski and the surrounding area/which were brought from the cemetery in Piotrków/and from the killing pit in Treblinka/May their souls be bound in the bond of life

on the metal plaque on the base, in Hebrew:

פיוטרקוב-טריבונלסקי

גורשקוביצה וולבוז' סוליוב קלשצ'וב קמינסק רוספשה סטרצוב

Translation: Piotrków Trybunalski/Gorzkowice, Wolborz, Sulejow, Kluczow, Kaminsk, Rozprza, Straszow

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

Summary and Remarks
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Name/Title
Memorial to Piotrków Trybunalski Victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Date
1980s-1990s (?)
Active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Unknown |
Congregation
Unknown
Location
Israel | Holon (חולון)
| Southeastern Alley of Holocaust Memorials, sector 20
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Unknown|
Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Collection
Unknown |
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
24 image(s)      

24 image(s)      
Iconographical Subject
Material / Technique
Stone, Metal.
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
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Material Cloth
Material Lining
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Documented by CJA
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Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
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0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
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Direction/Location
Façade (main)
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Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
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Decoration Program
Suggested Reconstruction
History/Provenance
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Sources
Type
Documenter
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Author of description
Lital Spivak | 2025
Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
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Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.
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