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© Dr. Leonid Smilovitsky, Photographer: Smilovitsky, Leonid, 2019 , (Negative/Photo.:   A413171)

Memorial name:

No official name.

Who is Commemorated?

12 Jews of Klimovichi, killed in 1941 by the Nazis.

Description

The monument is an upright stele of an irregular shape standing on a granite base that, in turn, stands on a high paved podium.

In the upper part of the stele, the menorah 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 foundations that erected the monument. 

The inscriptions are framed with long strips on their right and left sides. 

The territory of the monument is surrounded by a fence. 

Inscription

In Belarusian: 

Ахвярам нацызму.
Тут у 1941 г. былi расстраляныя
12 яўрэяў - жыхароў горада Клімавічы.
Вы назаўжды ў нашай памяці 

Translation: To the victims of Nazism / Here in 1941 were shot to death / 12 Jews - residents of the town of Klimovichi. / You are forever in our memory. 

In English:  

To the victims of Nazism.
12 Jews from the town of Klimovichi
were murdered here in 1941 

In Hebrew: 

לזכרון קורבנות היהודים
מהעיירה קלימוביץ׳י הי׳׳ד
שנרצחו על ידי הנאצים
במקום הזה ב-1941
ת.נ.צ.ב.ה 

TranslationIn memory of the Jewish victims / from the town of Klimovichi, may God avenge their blood / who were killed by the Nazis / at this site in 1941 / May their souls be bound in the bundle of life. 

At the bottom of the monument, in English:

This memorial was erected through the efforts of
Belarusian Jewish Community, and thanks to
to the Simon Mark Lazarus Foundation, UK, 
the Miles and Marilyn Kletter Family Foundation, USA, 
the Warren and Beverly Geisler Family Foundation, USA.  

Commissioned by
The Simon Mark Lazarus Foundation, the Miles and Marilyn Kletter Family Foundation, and the Warren and Beverly Geisler Family Foundation.

Documenter
Leonid Smilovitsky | 2019
Author of description
Liza Schwartz | 2024
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New Holocaust Memorial in the Jewish Cemetery in Klimovichi | Unknown
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2010s
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