Obj. ID: 34027  Memorial to Rabbi Riccardo Pacifici at the Synagogue of Genoa, Italy

Memorial name

No given name

Who is Commemorated?

Rabbi Riccardo Pacifici, and the Jews of Genoa killed in the Holocaust

Description

This memorial, set outside the Synagogue of Genoa, is a small marble obelisk within a garden. The obelisk is inscribed with a Hebrew passage and has a dedicatory inscription on its base. The small garden it sits in is surrounded by a metal fence shaped to look like menorot, except directly in front of the memorial, so one may read the inscriptions.

Inscription

On the obelisk, in Hebrew

זכר צדיק לברכה

Translation: Remember the righteous for a blessing

On the base, in Italian

La comunita' Israelitica di Genova
A perenne ricordo
del rabbino Riccardo Pacifici
che attuo' la legge divina
degnamente insegnata dal pulpito
che nell'ora del pericolo
rimase al suo posto di maestro
precedendo i confratelli
nella deportazione senza ritorno

Translation: The Jewish community of Genoa / I always remember / Rabbi Riccardo Pacifici / who implemented the divine law / worthily taught from the pulpit / then in the hour of danger / remained in his post as master preceding the brethren / in deportation without return 

On the base, in Hebrew:

תשג   תשה

1943   1945

Translation: 5703 - 5705 [=1943-1945] /  1943   1945

Commissioned by

The Jewish Community of Genoa