Img. ID: 446697

Name:

No official name

Who is Commemorated?

Three hundred Jews of Kroměříž, victims of the Holocaust, 

Description:

A path paved with square cobblestones on the corner of the cemetery leads through a grassy area shaded by trees to the monument. The surviving gravestones of the cemetery are in the area behind the monument. The cemetery ceremonial hall, now used by the municipal cemetery, is to the right.

The monument has a low flat base of polished black granite set on the ground at the end of the path. The front of the base bows out slightly. A tall, inscribed slab of black granite rises vertically from the base. There is a memorial inscription in Hebrew and Czech. A simple Magen David is inscribed above the text. The back of the monument is unadorned and left rough. There is a narrow thicker stone attached to the back of the slab to give it greater support.

Inscriptions

In Hebrew

לכבוד שלש מאות בני קהלנו
שנהרגו על קדוש השם
בשנים תרע"ט, תש"ה
ת נ צ ב ה

Translation: In honor of three hundred members of our community who were killed for the Holy One in the years 1939-1945 / May their souls be bundled in the bundle of life.

In Czech

K UCTĔNI PAMÁTKY
TŘÍ SET ŽIDOVSKÝCH OBČANŮ KROMĔŘÍŽSKA,
KTEŘÍ BYLI UMUČENÍ V DOBĔ DRUHĔ SVĔTOVÉ VÁLKY,
POSTAVILA HRSTKA PŘEŽIVŠÍCH TENTO PAMÁTNÍK,
ABY NABÁDAL K SNÁŠENLIVOSTÍ A MÍRUMILOVNOSTI

Translation: To honor the memory of three hundred Jewish citizens of Kroměříž who were tortured during the Second World War, a handful of survivors built this monument, to encourage tolerance and peace. 

In Hebrew

זכר קדשים וצדיקים לברכה 

Translation: May the memory of the martyrs and righteous ones be a blessing

Commissioned by

Jewish Holocaust survivors