The memorial for the victims of war stands at the mass grave for the Jews who were shot in Novohrad-Volynskyi in the Second World War that began in September 1939 . The monument was created by the artist Josef Tabachnyk who makes monuments and sculptures.[1][2]
It lies near the House of the Officers in Novohrad-Volynskyi, where women and children were murdered in the Second World War. In pink granite, a mother is depicted carrying her tortured children in her arms. Two stone pyramids connected to one another form a Star of David, on which the inscription "We remember" is written in Hebrew. The black pyramid symbolises a body, which is aiming for the ground. The pink pyramid symbolises a soul, which is ready to rise up to heaven.[3]
The sculpture was opened in 1995. The sculpture's measurements are 200 x 200 x 200 cm.
References edit
- ^ "Mahnmal für Opfer des Holocaust - Novohrad-Wolynskyj" [Memorial for Victims of the Holocaust Monument in Novohrad-Volynskyi] (in German). viaregia.org. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Открытие памятника расстреляным в Новограде" [Opening of the monument for the shooting in Novograd] (in Russian). Youtube. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ http://zwiahel.ucoz.ru/novograd/evrei/Kogan_04_01_13.pdf Holocaust by Leonid Kogan (page 29), in 2010, ISBN 978-966-1696-30-2