Monuments
Monuments to the Victims
The following photographs were taken at the site of the memorial to the Jews of Lechowitz and the adjacent towns of Yampil and Kornytsya that were murdered by the Nazis in 1942. The memorial is located in the forest near the village of Trotsyanka. The mass murder took place on the 27th of June, 1942. The photographs were provided by Andre Usach, a holocaust researcher based in Lviv. If you can translate the monuments, identify the individuals photographed, or provide additional detail, please contact this web page designer.
Gathered Near the Monuments in Lechowitz
Memorial In the Forest in Lechowitz
Memorial in the Forest near Lechowitz
Lechowitz Memorial
Monument to the Victims in Lechowitz Ukraine
Monument to Holocaust Victims in Lechowitz Ukraine
Holocaust Victims Monument in Lechowitz
The following translation of the text on two of the stones was provided by Richard M. Fellman of Omaha Nebraska.
"Our Memorial Forever
For
Our Jewish Neighbors
who
Died by the Hands
Of
German Fascists
June 27, 1942"
"In Memory of Our Loved Ones"
Of
Yampol, Biligoria, and Kornitsa
Who
were Murdered by Fascists
June 27, 1942
You Live in Our Hearts Forever"
Compiled by Miriam Kirshner
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