Obj. ID: 34184  New Holocaust Monument at the Killing Site in Klimovichi, Belarus, 2018

Memorial name:

No official name.

Who is Commemorated?

More than 900 Jews of Klimovichi shot to death by the Nazis and their collaborators on November 6-7, 1941. 

Description: 

The new monument at the killing site of more than 900 Jews of Klimovichi was erected instead of the old one which dates back to the 1950s (see here). 

The modern monument has the shape of an upright stele that stands on the paved podium. 

At the upper part of the monument, there is a depiction of the menorah. It is followed by three non-identical inscriptions: in Belarusian, English, and Hebrew.

At the bottom of the monument, there is an additional inscription identifying the foundations that erected the monument.

On one of the monument's sides, there is a plaque asserting that the present site is a civilians' mass grave of the Great Patriotic War period. 

The fence with a Magen David pattern surrounds the monument. 

Inscriptions:

At the central part of the monument:

In Belarusian: 

Ахвярам нацызму.
Тут у 1941 г. былі расстраляныя
больш за 900 яўрэяў горада Клімавічы.
Вы назаўжды ў нашай памяці

Translation: To the victims of Nazism. / On this site in 1941 were shot to death / more than 900 Jews of the town of Klimovichi. / You are forever in our memory. 

In English:  

To the victims of Nazism.
More than 900 Jews from
the town of Klimovichi
were murdered here in 1941.

In Hebrew:

לזכר יותר מ-900 קורבנות היהודים
מהעיירה קלימוביץ׳ [קלימוביץ׳י] הי׳׳ד
שנרצחו על ידי הנאצים
במקום הזה ב-1941
ת.נ.צ.ב.ה 

Translation: In memory of the more than 900 Jewish victims / from the town of Klimovichi, God will avenge their blood / who were killed by the Nazis / on 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 Foundation, USA 

On the plaque, in Russian: 

Братская могила
Место массового захоронения
гражданского населения
в годы Великой
Отечественной войны.
г. Климовичи, ул. Бирюзова
(100 м от центральной дороги)

Климовичиский райисполком
пл. 50 лет Великого Октября, 2 

Translation: The mass grave / The site of mass burial / of the civilians / during the Great / Patriotic war. / Klimovichi, Biriuzova St. / (100 from the central road) / Klimovichi's district executive committee /50 years of the Great October Sq., 2.

Commissioned by

The Simon Mark Lazarus Foundation UK, The Miles and Marilyn Kletter Foundation, USA