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World Jewish News
Oblivion Resisted With Monument
17.03.2009
The Jewish community of the Transdnistrian town of Rybnitsa has begun the construction of a monument to the Jews and local residents who died for giving shelter to Jews during the war in the village of Plop'.
Thirty-five years ago, human remains were found in a trench at the construction site in Rybnitsa. Later it was discovered that they belong to 48 prisoners of Rybnitsa ghetto, shot by the Nazis. Later on a memorable mark was placed at the spot.
But the community believed that the modest memory mark was not enough - they decided to complement the memorial with plaques with the names of the victims. It was time for the sponsors to help - and many did agree, including the relatives of the victims, who live in other countries.
The marble block is ready, and the tombstones with 32 last names have been installed, but the search continues, and place has been left for the rest of the names.
And since Rybnitsa community council approved the long-term program until the year 2010, which includes construction, installation of plaques and monuments at the places of massacres of Jews during the Holocaust and the death of all innocent victims of war throughout the region, the work in this direction does not stop.
This month the Jewish community, led by its chairman Semyon Sigal, agreed to install another monument, when the weather gets better, - in the village of Plop', situated 35 km away from Rybnitsa.
This monument is dedicated to those Jews who died in this area during the war, and the few Moldovan families who were hiding them during the occupation and paid for this with their lives.
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