Obj. ID: 56678 Memorial to Hungary Victims of the Holocaust in the Southern Tel Aviv (Holon) Cemetery, Israel, 1987
Memorial Name:
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Hungary, who perished in the Holocaust.
Description:
The monument is located in the Southeastern Alley of the cemetery, along with dozens of other Holocaust memorials built by Landsmannschaft organizations, survivors, and relatives.
The monument consists of a tall concrete pillar, slightly broken at the top, with reliefs of doves.
At the base of the pillar, there is a composition of large boulders, each engraved with the name of a Hungarian region from which Jews were deported and murdered during the Holocaust. A metal plaque affixed to the pillar. The base also includes symbolic decorative elements: two railway tracks and a wheel. The monument bears Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions honoring the community's memory. The community names are emphasized through the use of a larger font size.
Inscription:
On the pillar, in Hebrew:
ואת אלה אנו מבכים...
Translation: And these we mourn…
On the ground, in Hebrew:
יד זכרון ליהודי הונגריה שנספו בשואה
Translation: Memorial to the Jews of Hungary who perished in the Holocaust.
On the metal plaque, in Hebrew and Hungarian:
800,000 יהודים חיו בהונגריה
לפני השואה. 600,000 מהם הושמדו
ע"י הרוצחים הנאצים וגרורתיהם
לזיכרם הוקם יד זיכרון זה
ע"י התאחדות עולי הונגריה בישראל תשמ"ז
Translation: 800,000 Jews lived in Hungary before the Holocaust / 600,000 of them were annihilated by the Nazi murderers and their collaborators / This memorial was erected in their memory by the Association of Hungarian Immigrants in Israel, 1987 (5747)
In Hungarian:
Translation: [as the translation from Hebrew]
Commissioned by: Association of Jews from Hungary, (Landsmanschaft, Irgun Yotsei ha-makom).
For the history of the community and Holocaust history, see
Encyclopedia of the ghettos (Yad Vashem project) , https://wwv.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=105.