Obj. ID: 52433  Memorial to Mester Family at the mass grave in Plebanivka, Ukraine, 2000s(?)

Memorial Name

No official name

Who is Commemorated?

Temcia Rachel Mester and Joel Aron Mester 

Description

The monument is located near the mass killing site near the Plebanivka Village. The monument is made of a black stone and looks like a grave with a horizontal slab and two headstones above it. Each headstone has Ukrainian, Hebrew, and English inscriptions, a Magen David above them, and a Hanukah lamp below. The English and the Hebrew inscriptions have a lot of misspellings, the Ukrainian texts are written without any mistakes.

Inscriptions on the left headstone:

Ukrainian:

У нашому серці назавжди
Яєл Арон
Местер
Народився 1884 р.
Перша жертва з Теребовлі
розстріляний фашистськими
поліцаями 5.02.1941 р.
Від родини з США

Translation: In our hearts forever / Yael Aron / Mester / born in 1884 / The first Victim from Terebovlia / shot by fascist / policemen on February 5, 1941 / from the family from USA

Hebrew:

בלבנו לעולם
מסטר
יואל אהרן
נולד בשנת 1884
קורבן ראשון בטרבובלה.
הוצא לחורג [להורג] בירייה
על-ידי פשיסטים
גרמניים ומשתפי
פעולה שלהם
5 ביולי 1941
מקרובים
מארצות הברית

English:

In our hearts forever
Joel Aron
Mester
born 1884
First Trembowla victim
killer bj german armi [killed by German Army] 
Juli [July] 5 1941
Fron [From] the entire mester
Family in the USA

Inscriptions on the right headstone:

Ukrainian:

В нашому серці назавжди
Темця Рахела
Местер
Народилася 1897 р.
Закатована німецькими поліцаями
в 1943 р.
Від родини з США

Translation: In our hearts forever / Temtsia Rakhela / Mester / Born in 1897 / tortured by German policemen / in 1943 / From the family from USA

Hebrew:

בלבנו לאולם
מסטר
טמציה רחל
בת
דדיבטאל [וויפטאל?]
נולדה בשנח [בשנת] 1887
בוליצאים [פוליצאים] בצעד [פצעו]
ראש, הוציאו עין
ואחר-כך הוציאו
להורג בירייח [בירייה]
בשנח [בשנת] 1943.
מקרובים
מארצות הברית

English:

In our hearts forever
Temcia Rachel
Mester
Born 1897
Killer by tie police [Killed by the police]
Lostar eye by a tronnrock first
Fron [From] the entire mester
Family the USA

Commissioned by

Mester Family from USA