Img. ID: 428339

Memorial Name

No official name

Who is Commemorated?

Jewish Community of Skala Podilska 

Description

Two black stone plaques are affixed to the memorial fence on both sides of the gate. The left plaque bears English and Ukrainian inscriptions, the right plaque have a Hebrew inscription.

Inscriptions

On the left plaque

Ukrainian:

Єврейське кладовище

Загороджене в 1997 році на
вічну памʼять про замордовану
єврейську громаду, що проживала у
Скалі-Подільській з 1570 по 1942 рік.

Translation: Jewish cemetery fenced in 1997 to the eternal memory of murdered Jewish community, which lived in Skala-Podilska between 1570 and 1942.

English:

Jewish Cemetery

Fence erected in 1997
by holocaust survivors
in the USA in memory
of the martyted Jewish
Community of Skala that
lived here since 1570.
Perished in 1942.

Michael Edelstein
Max Mermelstein-Weidenfeld
Chairman

Fanya Gottesfeld
Max Plitt
Secretary

On the right plaque

Hebrew:

הגדר מסביב לבית עלמין זה
הוּקמה בּשׁנת 1997 ע"י שׁרידי
השׁוֹאה בּארה"בּ לזכר קדוֹשׁי
קהילת סקאלה שׁהתקיימה פה
משנת 1570 הוּשׁמדה בּ-1942

משׁה אדלשׁטיין
מרמלשׁטיין-וידנפלד
יו"ר [=יושב ראש] הועד

צפורה גוטספלד
מוני פּליט
מזכיר

Translation: The fence around this Jewish cemetery installed in 1997 by the Holocaust Survivors in the United States in the holy memory of the Skala Jewish Community, which existed since 1570 and was destroyed in 1942 / Moshe Adelstein Marmelstein-Weidenfeld, chairman of the Committee / Tsipora Gottesfeld, Moni Plitt, secretary

Commissioned by

Jewish Holocaust Survivors in USA