Memorial Title
O Nahlak
Summary
Images
| Duke St | 
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| Cathedral Green |
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Locations
| Last known location: Cathedral Green Full St Derby |
Nearest postcode: DE1 3AF NGR: SK 35298 36560 ±5m (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: Near the middle of the green. |
| Previous location: Council House Corporation St Derby |
Nearest postcode: DE1 2FS NGR: SK 35436 36338 (From online digital mapping.) (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: In storage in the Mayor's Parlour. |
| Previous location: Roadside Duke St Derby |
Nearest postcode: DE1 3BX NGR: SK 35342 36818 ±5m (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: On the eastern side of the road, between Duke St and the River Derwent, opposite the junction with St Mary's Court. |
Type
| Overall type: Tree | Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible and the memorial is cared for. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: Originally a horse chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum), now lost, accompanied by a stainless steel plaque on a short wooden post. The incised inscription was in mixed case upright lettering infilled in black. A replacement tree, also a horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) is accompanied by a wooden post, lacking the original plaque, and by a black plastic plaque on a metal stand. The inscription is in white sentence case roman lettering. Glossary |
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Inscription
| Original plaque: | OLGA NAHLAK 1921 - 1997 Resident of Derby 1965 - 1997 Remembered for her courage in the face of death saving victims of Nazi persecution in the Ukraine A WOMAN RIGHTEOUS AMONG NATIONS |
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| Later plaque: | In memory of Olga Nahlak (1917-1997) Olga was born in Ukraine. When the country came under Nazi occupation, she and her husband risked their lives to hide nine Jewish friends in their own home. Thanks to her courage and resourcefulness, the friends all survived. In 1954 Olga moved to Poland, and in 1963, she settled in Derby. Recognition for her bravery came much later when her story was made known. Her name is recorded at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, where she is honoured among those called 'Righteous among the Nations.' The tree was dedicated on 26 Th. January 2017, at the heart of our City. It is a living reminder of Holocaust Memorial Day, as a symbol of the past and those who are remembered, and of the future and our hopes for a safer, better world. |
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Administration
Local authorities:
From 1997: Derby City Council.
History and Conservation
December 2001: The Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site was inscribed. The memorial lies within the buffer zone.
24th February 2011: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. The tree was cracked and split and may have been diseased, and the lettering on the plaque had faded.
February 2016: The tree was cut down to enable flood defence work to be carried out. The plaque was removed to the Mayor's Parlour for storage until a new tree is planted.
26th January, 2017: The replacement tree was planted in Cathedral Green and a re-dedication ceremony was attended by Cllr Linda Winter, Mayor of Derby, and guests from the embassies of Bosnia-Hercegovina, Armenia and Ukraine.
29th January, 2019: The replacement memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Anne Branson. It was in good condition and cared for.
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