Img. ID: 108315
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Jewish victims of the Holocaust from Bohorodchany
Description
This Monument is located approximately in the middle of the New Jewish Cemetery in Ivano-Frankivsk. It is a pyramid, which sits atop a concrete base and consists of small cemented stones. There are two black stone plaques on the front of the Monument. The top plaque bears a Magen David and an inscription in Hebrew. The bottom plaque bears inscriptions in English and Ukrainian.
Inscriptions
In Hebrew:
ונתתי להם בבתי ובחומותי יד ושם [ישעיהו נ״ו]
פה נקברו בקבר אחים קדשי
עיר בראָדצ׳ין
אשר הושמדו ע"י הנצים ועוזריהם ימ"ש [=ימח שמם]
עלו עקד"ה [=על קדושת השם] ראש חדש תמוז תש"ב
_._
הונצח ע"י בני עירם וקרוביהם
משפחת האַסטען והאלפערן
מארה"ק [=מארץ הקודש] וארה"ב [=ארצות הברית]
_._
Translation: I will give them, in My House and within My walls, a monument and a name [Isaiah 56:1, JPS, 1985] / Here buried in the mass grave the holy martyrs /of the town Bohorodczany / who were murdered by the Nazis and their cohorts, May their names be obliterated / [The martyrs] were sacrificed for the sanctification of the Name on Rosh Hodesh Tammuz, 1942 // [Their memory was] dedicated by the city natives and their relatives/ the Hasten and Halpern families / from the United States and the Holy Land [=Israel].
In English:
Here rest the holy martyrs of the town Bohorodczany
who were murdered by the Nazis and their cohorts
June 16, 1942
_._
They will live forever
in the hearts of their family and friends,
the Hasten and Halpern families
of Israel and the United States
_._
In Ukrainian:
Тут покояться святі мученики міста Богородчани,
які були вбиті нацистами та їх приспішниками
16 червня 1942 року
_._
Вони будуть жити назавжди
в серцях їх сімʼї та друзів,
сімей Гастен та Гальперн
з Ізраілю та Сполучених Штатів Америки
Translation: Here rest the holy martyrs of the town Bohorodczany / who were murdered by the Nazis and their henchmen / on June 16, 1942 // They will live forever / in the hearts of their family and friends, / Hasten and Halpern families / from Israel and the United States of America
Commissioned by
Hasten and Halpern Families