MEMORIALS FOR LITHUANIAN SHTETLS
IN CHOLON, ISRAEL
Photographed
by Judi Langer-Surnamer Caplan Judith27@aol.com
While
walking through the Jewish Cemetery in Cholon, Israel, one can see memorial
after memorial to the many Jewish shtetls that were flourishing all over Europe
before the Shoah. Among the towns of “Litvakia” for which
memorials were erected in Cholon are the shtetls of ANIKST (Anykščiai,
Lithuania), DISNA (Belarus), KALVARIJA, Lithuania, OSHMINA (Ashmyany, Belarus),
PLUNGIAN (PLUNGĖ), Lithuania, and VORANAVA (Belarus).
ANIKST
(Anykščiai, Lithuania)
To
the Memory
of
the Holy Ones of the Community of
ANIKST
Lithuania
Who
were killed in the Shoah – 1941
May
the Lord revenge their blood
DISNA
(Belarus)
Witness
Stones
To
the Memory of the Community of
DISNA
And
its surrounding vicinity
Memorial
Yahrzheit Day the 2nd of Tammuz
[Gal Aid,
or a heap of stones as witness, may be a reference to Genesis 31:44-52,
especially Vayetze, Perek Lamed-Aleph, Pasook Nun-Bet. “This heap
be witness, and the pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to
thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for
harm.”]
KALVARIJA,
Lithuania
To
the memory of our dear ones
The
Holy ones of
KALVARIJA
And
its surrounding vicinity Lita
Who
were murdered in the Shoah
May
the Lord revenge their blood
Day
of Annihilation
9th
of Elul 5701
OSHMINA
(Ashmyany, Belarus)
In
Memory of the Kehillah of
OSHMINA, Vilna
That
was destroyed in the Shoah
Remembrance
Day 20th of Av
May
the Lord revenge their blood
PLUNGIAN (PLUNGĖ), Lithuania
In
Memory of
The
Holy Ones of the Community of
Plungian
Lita
To
perpetuate the memories
Of
the holy ones of Plungian
Who
were slaughtered by the Nazis
and
their murderous Lithuanian helpers
And
in memory of the inhabitants of the town who fell in the war
against
the Nazis
VORANAVA
(Belarus)
Here
is buried
The
ashes of the Holy Ones of
VORANAVA
A
section of Vilna
May
the Lord revenge their blood
Who
perished in the Shoah
In
the years 5699 – 5794
Memorial
Day the 24th of Iyar