Obj. ID: 53283 Holocaust Monument at the Killing Site in the Former Jewish Cemetry in Víšnieva (Vishnevo), Belarus, 2005
Memorial name
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
37 Jewish Holocaust victims from Víšnieva (Vishnevo), killed in August 1941.
Description
The monument is erected at the killing site/mass grave of 37 Holocaust Jewish victims in the former Jewish cemetery of Víšnieva (Vishnevo). It is an upright stele of an irregular shape, standing on a paved podium.
In the upper part of the stele, the Magen David is depicted.
The monument bears three non-identical inscriptions: in Belarusian, Russian, and Hebrew. At the bottom of the monument, there is an additional inscription, identifying the foundation that erected the monument.
Inscription
In Belarusian:
Ахвярам нацызму.
Тут у восені 1941 зверскі закатаваны
37 яўрэяў Вішнева.
Translation: To the victims of Nazism. / Here, in the Autumn of 1941, 37 Jews of Víšnieva (Vishnevo) were brutally tortured to death.
In Hebrew:
במקום זה
בשנת תש׳׳ב
נרצחו 37 יהודי ווישניבה
לזכרון עולם של קורבנות הנאצים
Translation: At this place, / in the year 5702, / 37 Jews of Víšnieva (Vishnevo) were killed. / To the everlasting memory of the victims of the Nazis.
At the bottom of the monument, in English:
A contribution from the Simon Mark Lazarus Foundation made the project possible.
Commissioned by
The Simon Mark Lazarus Foundation.
On June 27, 1941 the Wehrmacht entered Víšnieva (Vishnevo). In August 1941, the Nazis shot 38 young Jewish men (according to another source – 36 men and a woman) at the Jewish cemetery. Thereafter, a ghetto was established. It was liquidated on August 30, 1942. On that day, between 1,300 and 2,000 Jews (according to different sources) were shot near the village of Chalianova [Galinovo], located northeast of Víšnieva (Vishnevo) [Yad Vashem: The Untold Stories].
In 2005, on the initiative of the Simon Mark Lazarus Foundation, the present monument was erected at the former Jewish cemetery, the site of the murder of 37 Jews in August 1941 [Yad Vashem: The Untold Stories; Belarus Holocaust Memorial Project]. It is one of the about 100 monuments erected by the Simon Mark Lazarus Foundation. All of these monuments have a similar shape and design.
There is also another monument in Víšnieva (Vishnevo). It commemorates the victims of the massacre of August 30, 1942 [Yad Vashem: The Untold Stories].
"Vishnevo,"
Belarus Holocaust Memorial Project, https://www.belarusmemorials.com/memorials/minsk/vishnevo/.