Img. ID: 473256
Memorial name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Jewish Soldiers and partisans of WWII and Righteous among the Nations from Velyki Mezhyrichi
Description:
The monument is located at the killing site in Dyven village, near Nevirkiv and Velyki Mezhyrichi. The site is surrounded by a stone fence with an arched metal gate, decorated by a Magen David. A high metal Menorah stands near the gate. The monument is a white wall, embedded in the stone fence to the right from the gate. Three separate black stone plaques are attached to the wall on its left side. They bear Ukrainian, Hebrew, and English inscriptions with gratitude to the Righteous among the Nations. Several plaques on the right side of the wall bear Ukrainian, Hebrew, and English inscriptions, commemorating the Jewish partisans and soldiers of WWII from Velyki Mezhyrichi. The plaques also contain English and Hebrew lists of the soldiers and partisans, both Victims and Survivors.
In the center of the fenced area, the monument to the Shoah Victims is situated.
Inscriptions
Left top plaque (Ukrainian):
З шаною і повагою до праведників миру
які рискували своїм життям
заради врятування приречених
на смерть євреїв із Великих Межиріч
та навколишніх сіл під час Холокосту
в другій світовій війні.
Безмежно вдячні і віддані вам,
громадяни Великих Межиріч
і діаспори!
Липень 2005 року
Translation: With honor and respect to the Righteous of peace who risked their lives to rescue doomed to die Jews from Velyki Mezhyrichi and surroundinf villages during the Holocaust in the Second World War. Infinitely grateful and devoted to you, citizens of Velyki Mezhyrichi and diaspora! July 2005.
Left middle plaque (Hebrew):
הוקרה וכבוד
לחסידי אומות העולם
על אשר בשנות השואה במלחמת העולם השניה
שמו נפשם בכפם להצלת יהודים מרודפיהם
הוקרה כבוד וברכה
לחסידי אומות העולם
שהצילו יהודים ממז’יריטש והסביבה
הוקדש ע”י יוצאי מז’יריטש בישראל ובתפוצות
תמוז תשס”ה יולי 2005
Left bottom plaque (English):
With honor and respect
to the Righteous Gentiles
who risked their lives to save
Presecuted Jews during the Holocaust
in World War II. Among them were
Righteous Gentiles who saved Jews from
Greater Mezirich and the area.
Dedicated by Mezirichers in Israel
and in the Diaspora.
July 2005 tamuz 5765
Right top plaques
Ukrainian:
Євреї – партизани і воїни
із Великих Межиріч та околиць,
які воювали проти нацистів
в другій світовій війні.
Translation: Jews – partisans and soldiers from Velyki Mezhyrichi and surroundings, who fought against the Nazis in the Second Worls War
English:
Jewish partisans and fighters
of Greater Mezirich
and the area
who fought the Nazis
during the second world war
Hebrew:
פרטיזנים ולוחמים יהודים
מז’יריטש גדול והסביבה
שנלחמו נגד הנאצים
במלחמת עולם השניה
Translation: Jewish partisans and soldiers of the Great Mezhyrich and the vicinity who fought against the Nazis in the World War II
Right bottom plaques
English:
In apprecitaion and gratitude
To the Jewish Partisans and Fighters
Of Greater Mezirich and the area
who live with us in Israel and in the Diaspora
Sixty-three years after the Holocaust of the
Jewish Community of Greater Mezirich
and the area
Tamuz 5765
Hebrew:
הוקרה והערכה
לפרטיזנים וללוחמים היהודים
יוצאי מז’יריטש גדול והסביבה
החיים אתנו בישראל ובתפוצות
במלאת 63 שנים לשואה
תמוז תשס”ה יולי 2005
Plaque on the fence (Hebrew):
Commissioned by
Jewish Natives of Velyki Mezhyrichi from Israel and other countries