The Menorah memorial, in
Mariupol
Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast (Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russian i ...
, Ukraine is a cultural property of a historical place indexed in the Ukrainian heritage register (Special Awards: Єврейська спадщина) under the reference 99-142-3901.
[Лев Давыдович Яруцкий (english: Lev Yarutsky): «Евреи Приазовья» (Jews of the Sea of Azov), Маriupol 1996
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It is located on the east side of the city of
Mariupol
Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast (Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russian i ...
. The memorial is located on the place where more than 8,000 Mariupol Jews were shot on October 20 and 21, 1941. By 1939, 10,444 Jews lived in Mariupol. There is a menorah in the center of the memorial. On the pedestal is a Star of David. On both sides of the monument there are memorial steles with inscriptions: “Victims of the fascist genocide – the Jews of Mariupol were shot here. Let their souls be connected with the living" and "I will give them—within the walls of my house— a memorial" Isaiah 56.5".
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Monuments and memorials in Mariupol