Ohev Zedeck Cemetery Holocaust Memorial - Hamilton, Ontario
Posted by: Bon Echo
N 43° 12.934 W 079° 53.252
17T E 590357 N 4785354
A memorial to all Jews killed under the Nazi persecution 1939-1945
Waymark Code: WMY59M
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 04/24/2018
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The large granite monument contains mostly Hebrew text but the following English texts are written:
Front of monument:
THIS MEMORIAL IS AN EVERLASTING SYMBOL OF LOVE AND DEVOTION DEDICATED TO OUR SIX MILLION BELOVED BRETHREN WHO FELL VICTIM TO BRUTAL NAZI PERSECUTION FROM 1939 TO 1945 MAY THIS SOULS BE BOUND IN EVERLASTING PEACE
Base of Monument:
OHEV ZEDECK CONGREGATION SEPTEMBER 1963 RABBI MOSHE C. ALON
CHAIRMEN J. JOSEPH, J. ROSENFELD, S. SEIDENFELD.
The rear of the monument contains a list of names written in English and Hebrew.
The monument is located inside a small Jewish Cemetery on Hamilton Mountain. On the OSM Map the cemetery is listed as Ohev Zedeck Cemetery. On the United Hebrew Memorial Chapel of Hamilton website is is listed as Adas Israel Cemetery (and states that it includes Hess Street Shul Cemetery) (
visit link) On the Hamilton Jewish Federation website is is listed as Hess Street Shul Cemetery (
visit link) And on teh Ontario Geneology Society website it is listed as United Chevra Kedisha: aka. Ohev Zedeck Shalom Village Cemetery (
visit link)