South African Military History Society

South African National Jewish War Memorial


Photo: Derek Walker

Location
Montgomery Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa
The entrance to the Jewish Cemetery is at the corner of West Park Road and Montpark Drive in Montgomery Park.
The Memorial is in a semi enclosed block to the right of the Martyrs Memorial.

GPS: 26 deg 9 min 56.69 sec S, 27 deg 58 min 56.06 sec E


Photo: Derek Walker


Photo: Derek Walker

The Memorial is dedicated

SOUTH AFRICAN JEWISH EX SERVICE LEAGUE
NATIONAL JEWISH WAR MEMORIAL
THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR OF JOHANNESBURG 
CLR LES DISHY 
ON SUNDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 1993 ?? ???? ?????
AND 
DEDICATED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN JEWISH EX SERVICE LEAGUE 
IN PERPETUAL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE 
THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THIS MEMORIAL IS TO STIR REMEMBRANCE
AND TO KEEP ALIVE AND EVER BEFORE US WHAT IS COMMEMORATED 
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM  ????? ?? ???????	
JEWISH NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL COMMITTEE 
CLR. L. DISHY, D. BAILEY, A. BERGMAN, J. BERGMAN, 
R. KAPLAN, M. KAPLAN, I. SHORE, AND P. WINIK
ARCHITECTS: GRAFF SADUR ASSOCIATES 
BUILDERS: B.CON BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS
THIS MEMORIAL WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORT OF SOUTH AFRICAN JEWRY, IN PARTICULAR THE KAPLAN KUSHLICK FOUNDATION
IN MEMORY OF PVT. VICTOR KAPLAN WHO DIED AT DELVILLE WOOD 1916

There are Rolls of Honour commemorating those who lost their lives in both World Wars, the Operational Areas and in the Defence of Israel


Photo: Derek Walker


Photo: Derek Walker


Photo: Derek Walker


Photo: Derek Walker


Photo: Derek Walker

The Memorial commemorates the Unknown Soldier and the Six Million Martyrs


Photo: Derek Walker


Photo: Derek Walker


The Memorial recognises the Major Contributors to its building
Photo: Derek Walker


Photo: Derek Walker

Plaque recognises the Dedicated Devotion of Jack Bergman, without whom the Memorial would never have been built

South African Military History Society / scribe@samilitaryhistory.org