The monument in the shape of a rounded stele is perched on a wider sandstone plinth and secured from behind by a metal rod. The stele bears an inscription and the symbol of Magen David, which is wrapped with barbed wire (crown of thorns), as well as the symbol of a laurel branch. The inscription is made in relief letters with black underlining and engraved letters highlighted again in black.

PAMÁTCE OBĚTÍ
FAŠISMU
ZDE STÁLA UPROSTŘED
STARÉ ŽIDOVSKÉ
ČTVRTI ČESKOLIPSKÁ
SYNAGOGA VYPÁLENÁ
NACISTY 10. XI. 1938

The New Synagogue of Česká Lípa replaced an older building destroyed in the fire of 1820. The new temple was built between 1863 and 1864 according to Josef Goldbach's plans in Neo-Romanesque style with Moorish elements. During the so-called Kristallnacht of 10–11 November 1938 the synagogue was burnt to ground.
This small monument was unveiled on 26 November 2008 in the presence of representatives of the town of Česká Lípa and the Jewish communities of Prague and Děčín. The artwork was created shortly after the end of World War II (in 1945 or 1948), but it was not installed. After its discovery in the depository of a stonemason, the stele was erected in the symbolic place where the Česká Lípa New Synagogue used to stand.
See also database entry Monument to a Jewish ghetto, Česká Lípa.