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Obj. ID: 46186  Holocaust Monument in the Jewish cemetery in Rivera, Argentina, 1950s(?)

© Michele Migliori, Photographer: Migliori, Michele, 2022

Who is Commemorated?

Jews killed in the Holocaust

Description

This monument is located in a brick-laid plaza in the Jewish cemetery. It is a white obelisk on a white base of the same material, with a Magen David inscribed into its front. Beneath the Magen David are two plaques with inscriptions in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Spanish.

Inscriptions

Upper Plaque:

In Hebrew:

לזכרון עולם

Translation: Eternal memory

In Yiddish:

צום אייביקן אנדענק די נשמות

פון אונזערע קדושים וואס זיינען

אומגעקומען על קדוש השם אין די

לענדער פון עאוראפע אונטער דער

נאצי ממשלה און די יאהרן פון

דער וועלט מלחמה תרצט התשו

די חברד קדושה באראן הירש פון ריווערע

Translation:  Eternal memory to the souls of our martyrs urdered for the sanctiication of the name in the European counties under the Nazi regime during the years of the World War 1939 - 1945 // Chevra Kedusha Baron Hirsch de Rivera

In Spanish:

Chevra Kedusha

Baron Hirsch de Rivera

En memoria de los mártires

que fueron masacrados en

los países de Europa durante

los años de la guerra mundial

1939-1945

Translation: Chevra Kedusha / Baron Hirsch of Rivera / In memory of the martyrs who were massacred in the countries of Europe during the years of the World War 1939-1945

 

Lower Plaque:

In Yiddish:

לזכרון עולם

מיר שווערן ניט פארגעסן

דעם מארד פון אונזערע

ברידער

Translation: Eternal memory/ Let us swear not to forget the murder of our brothers 

In Spanish:

Juremos no olvidar

el asesinato de nuestros

hermanos

Asociación de Residentes Rivereños

Translation: Let us swear not to forget the murder of our brothers / Rivera residents association

Commissioned by

Chevra Kedusha / Baron Hirsch of Rivera 

Documenter
Michele Migliori | 2023
Author of description
Michele Migliori, Adam Frisch | 2023
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Holocaust Monument in the Jewish cemetery in Rivera | Unknown
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