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On the sign:
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לזכר הרוגי המלכות אשר הועלו לגרדום בעיראק, באשמת סיוע למדינת ישראל בינואר 1969: נעים ח’צ’ורי הלאלי / דוד ע’אלי ידגר צ’ארלס רפאל חורש / צבאח חיים דיין פואד גבאי / יעקב גורג’י נאמרדי דוד יחזקאל ברוך דלאל / עזרא נאג’י ציון זלכה יחזקאל צאלח יחזקאל
לזכר הנרצחים בפרעות "הפרהוד" בעיראק ביוני 1941 להנצחת היהודים אשר הועלו לגרדום ונרצחו בעיראק
The monument commemorates the 9 Jews who were hanged in Baghdad on January 27, 1969 on charges of spying for Israel as part of the persecution of Jews after the Six Day War.
The statue also mentions those murdered in the "Farhud" riots (looting, robbery) on July 1-2, 1941. Riots in Baghdad in which over 179 Jews were murdered.
In the third picture you can see the inscription on the scroll in which the verse from Psalms appears: By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion
Translation of the text on the sign:
The prayer statue In memory of the victims who were hanged in Iraq, accused of aiding the State of Israel in January 1969: Naim Khachuri Halali / David A’ali Yadgar Charles Raphael Horesh / Zebah Haim Dayan Fuad Gabai / Yaacov Gorji Nemardi David Yehezkel Baruch Dalal / Ezra Naji Zion Zalka Yehezkel Saleh Yehezkel
In memory of those murdered in the "Farhud" riots in Iraq in June 1941 To commemorate the Jews who were hanged and murdered in Iraq
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