
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Brent
- Town
- Wembley
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 61540
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Current location
In the entrance hall
Wembley Synagogue
Forty Avenue
Wembley
Brent
Greater London
HA9 8JW
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 18679 86428
Denomination: Jewish
- Description
- Brass plaque on wooden board. Raised brass lettering. At right top, a three dimensional Star of David enclosing an eternal light. Brass coloured lettering. Small dedicatory brass plaque below at left.
- Inscription
- (In Hebrew) "EVERLASTING MEMORY"/ (English follows)/ IN MEMORY OF/ SIX MILLION JEWISH MARTYRS/ VICTIMS OF THE NAZI/ HOLOCAUST IN EUROPE/ 1939-1945/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ (In Hebrew) "MAY THEIR SOULS BE BOUND UP IN THE BOND OF ETERNAL LIFE"/ "MAY THE ALMIGHTY'S NAME BE EXHALTED AND SANCTIFIED" Dedicatory plaque: HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL/ PRESENTED BY THE CHATANIM/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF THEIR FATHERS/ JOE RADBIL AND SAM LEWIS 5757-1996
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6000000
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6000000
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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 - Responsibility
- The synagogue Honorary Officers
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