Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Hertsmere
- Town
- Bushey
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945): The Holocaust
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 47712
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Current location
Bushey Jewish Cemetery
Little Bushey Lane
Bushey
Hertsmere
Hertfordshire
WD23 3TP
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 13708 96777
Denomination: Jewish
- Description
- Marble obelisk bearing English and Hebrew dedications and the Star of David at the base.
- Inscription
- (Hebrew inscription) /FOR THESE / WEEP / LAMENTATIONS / CH.1.V.6 / (Hebrew inscription) /IN EVERLASTING MEMORY / OF THE MARTYDOM / OF THE HOLY COMMUNITIES / AND OF THE / SIX MILLION JEWS / CRUELLY SLAUGHTERED / FOR THE / SANCTIFICATION OF THE / NAME / DURING THE HOLOCAUST / 1939-1945 / HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL Left side: LET TEARS RUN / DOWN LIKE A RIVER / DAY AND NIGHT / LAMENTATIONS / CH.2 V. 18 / (Hebrew inscription) Right Side: THE CRY OF THE / ORPHANS BEREAVED AND FORSAKEN / KINOT / (Hebrew inscription)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945): The Holocaust
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945): The Holocaust
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: depth 700MM, height 1600MM, width 850MM
Materials: Stone
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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