Obj. ID: 44959 Holocaust memorial near the site of the Jewish cemetery in Skalat, Ukraine, 2002
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Jewish Holocaust Victims from Skalat
Description
The monument is located on the site of the Jewish cemetery in Skalat. It is a stone obelisk, which sits on a stepped base. Three red stone plaques are attached to the monument; they bear Ukrainian, Hebrew and English inscriptions. There are several smaller Holocaust memorials around the obelisk. They look like gravestones and are dedicated to individual Victims of the Holocaust in Skalat. The memorial site is surrounded by metal and stone fence.
Inscriptions
In Ukrainian:
Тут захоронена історія
єврейського народу, яка
існувала сотні років
в м. Скалаті. Ми жили,
любили, ростили дітей і
внуків до тих пір, поки
в 1941-1944 роки
німецької окупації,
наше життя обірвалося.
Translation: Here is buried the history of the Jewish people, which [=the history] existed hundreds of years in the city of Skalat. We lived, loved, raised children and grandchildren until our life was cut short during the years of the German occupation in 1941–1944.
In Hebrew:
כאן במקום הזה
חבויה ההיסטוריה
של יהודי סקאלאט
במשך מאות בשנים
כאן חיינו אהבנו
גיר[ד]לנו את יליר[ד]ינו
ואת נכדינו
ער[ד] אשר בשנים
1941-1944
בשנות הכיבוש הגרמני
הקיצ הקצ על חיינו
תשס''ב
2002
Translation: Here, on this place, is hidden the history of Skalat Jews. During hundreds of years, we lived, loved, raised our children and our grandchildren here, until our life was cut short during the years of the German occupation in 1941–1944 / 5762 / 2002
In English:
Here, in this location,
lies hidden several
hundred year's history
of the Jews in Skalat.
Here we lived, loved and
raised our children and
grandchildren, until
the German occupation
1941-1944
when we end
came to our lives.
Commissioned by
[To be determined]
In 1939, there were about 4,800 Jews in Skalat. On July 5, 1941, the German Army occupied the city. Between August 1941 and August 1942, hundreds of Jews were sent to labor camps in Borki Wielkie, Nowosiółka, Kamionki, and Jagielnica. On August 31, 1942, about 500 Jews were deported to the Bełżec killing center through Tarnopol. Between October 1 and 15, 1942, Jews from Grzymałów, and Podwołoczyska were forced to move to Skalat. During October 21–22 of that year, about 3,000 Jews were deported from Skalat to the Bełżec killing center. In Lwów, 200 Jews were taken from the transport to the Janowska Street camp. On November 9, 1942, 1,000 Jews were deported to the Bełżec killing center, 100 Jews were sent to the labor camp in Hłuboczek. In mid-October 1942, an open ghetto was established in Skalat. On April 7, 1943, approximately 700 Jews were killed in the ghetto. On June 9, 1943, about 600 Jews were killed, and 20 were sent to the labor camp in Skałat. Later, another 120 Jews were killed. On June 16, 1943, 50 Jews were killed in the cemetery. On June 9, 1943, the Ghetto in Skalat was liquidated. In total, 2,500 Jews perished in and around Skalat, and 4,500 were deported to the Bełżec killing center. About 200 Jews of Skalat survived the war [Encyclopedia].
According to the Hebrew inscription, the monument was erected in 2002.
Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933-1945, ed. Martin Dean, vol. 2 (Bloomington: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2012), pp. 826–828.