ארכיון Commemorations - Ethiopian Jewry Heritage Center
commemorative illustration: Alemu Eshetie

Commemoration

“The Jews of Ethiopia earned their right to immigrate to Israel and settle in this country through intense suffering.” Thus wrote former Chairman of the Knesset Shlomo Hillel in the dedication for the book Chalom Bein Soragim (A Dream Between Bars), which focuses on Ethiopian Prisoners of Zion. Between 1979-1990, tens of thousands of Jews tried to immigrate to Israel via Sudan, but many of them did not survive the difficult conditions on the way and the refugee camps in Sudan. The estimate is that between these years, approximately 16,000 people reached Israel, while about 4,000 perished on the way (to date, records exist of 1,620 names of fallen persons, which are etched at the memorial site on Mount Herzl). Each of the thousands of fallen persons has a name and a family who never saw them again. The fallen did not reach the soil of the land of Israel, for which they dedicated all of their energy and their lives. They dreamed of Jerusalem, and as they pursued their dream, they paid the heaviest possible price. We will remember all of those fallen heroes who gave their lives to reach Jerusalem, showing all of us what it means to be a Zionist and love your homeland.
May their memories be blessed.

אנדרטת זיכרון ליהודי אתיופיה שנספו בדרכם לישראל, בהר הרצל בירושלים.

Ethiopian Jews who perished on their way to Israel

Abate Gashaw

Father's name:
Gashaw
Mother’s name:
Tsihaye
Age:
1
Year of death:
1984
Place of death:
Amrakuba-Sudan

Abate Mesfin

Father's name:
Mesfin
Mother’s name:
Yishamush
Age:
10
Year of death:
1983
Place of death:
Mewufargat; Gedarif; Sudan

Abatech Kassa

Father's name:
Kassa
Mother’s name:
Alem
Age:
25
Year of death:
1989
Place of death:
Suf Wuha -Sudan

Abchiw Lewi

Father's name:
Lewi
Mother’s name:
Tikunesh
Age:
91
Year of death:
1984
Place of death:
Amrakuba-Sudan

Abchiw Mersha

Father's name:
Mersha
Mother’s name:
Yismaw
Age:
52
Year of death:
1987
Place of death:
Amrakuba-Sudan

Abeba Gedamu

Father's name:
Gedamu
Mother’s name:
Yetnura
Age:
30
Year of death:
1984
Place of death:
Gedarif Sudan

Abeba GetaAlem

Father's name:
GetaAlem
Mother’s name:
Yansulish
Age:
1
Year of death:
1984
Place of death:
Amrakuba-Sudan

Abeba Mamuye

Father's name:
Mamuye
Mother’s name:
Yenbu Wuha
Age:
22
Year of death:
1989
Place of death:
Asmara( Eritrea)

Abeba Mesafint

Father's name:
Mesafint
Mother’s name:
Adugna
Year of death:
1989
Place of death:
Suf Wuha -Sudan

Abebaw Adisu

Father's name:
Adisu
Mother’s name:
Manalebish
Year of death:
1990
Place of death:
Addis Abeba

Abebaw Tsehaye

Father's name:
Tsehaye
Mother’s name:
Tegegnech
Age:
12
Year of death:
1988
Place of death:
Suf Wuha -Sudan

Abebe Adane

Father's name:
Adane
Mother’s name:
Tsihaye
Age:
4
Year of death:
1984
Place of death:
Amrakuba-Sudan