The main monument was erected by the Association of Jewish Members of the Canadian Armed Forces in 1947. Two additional monuments were dedicated on November 11, 2013. It is Canada’s largest monument to the military service of Canada’s Jewish community.
The names of 579 Jewish Canadians, who died while serving their country in uniform, are inscribed in black on the monument’s light grey stone. These fallen heroes include those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. A Star of David is near the top of the monument.
The initiative to erect an expanded Jewish war monument in the Baron de Hirsch Cemetery was spearheaded by Larry G. Rosenthal, whose older brother, Gunner William Guy Rosenthal (Willy), was killed in action during the Second World War.
