Img. ID: 409774
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Jews of Zilupe murdered on this site.
Description:
The monument stands in a forest, about 50 meters from the original monument on the mass grave (see here). It is a low granite stele of uneven form on a small granite pedestal. The stele bears the Star of David with the Hebrew letters פ.נ., a Latvian inscription, the abbreviation תנצב"ה (May their souls be bound in the bundle of life), a dedication to the sister of the donor, and the date.
Inscription
Latvian
1941. gada jūlijā un augustā
nacisti un vinu atbalstītāji
Zabolockos noslepkavoja 246
Zilupes novada ebrejus un 5
neebreju tautības cilvēkus
Translation: In July and August 1941, Nazis and their supporters, in Zabolocki, murdered 246 Jews from Zilupe municipality and 5 people of non–Jewish nationality.
Hebrew
ת.נ.צ.ב.ה.
Translation: May their souls be bound in the bundle of life
Latvian
Par godu savai māsai Etelei
ziedoja I. Arons
2009
Translation: In honor of his sister Ethel, donated by I. Aron. 2009.
Commissioned by
Ilya Aron, a former resident of Zilupe