Obj. ID: 49978
Memorials Memorial Complex to the Victims of the Southern Bačka Raid of 1942 in Becej, Serbia, 1982
Memorial Name
Tsiza River Memorial Complex to the Victims of the Southern Bačka Raid of 1942
Who is Comemmorated?
Victims of the January 1942 Raid in Bečej
Description
The memorial complex consists of a stone slope made of different horizontal slabs placed between two riverbanks, next to which, on the top of a hill there are five slabs with memorial plaques commemorating the victims placed on a plateau overlooking the river featuring different elements made of concrete, like half circles and stairways.
The commemorative inscriptions and the names of 214 victims, who have been identified, are carved on five suspended red marble slabs that are the central part of the memorial.
Inscriptions
Across the five slabs are identical inscriptions in Serbo-Croatian and Hungarian:
Slab 1:
Жртве
Az 1942-es
Slab 2:
Oкупаторске
Januári 26-27-28
Slab 3:
Фашистичке
Fasiszta
Slab 4:
Рације
Razzia
Slab 5:
26-27-28. јануара 1942. год.
Áldozatai
Translation: Victims of Occupying Fascist Raid of 26-27-28 January 1942
Beneath the dedicatory inscription on each slab are the names of victims, with Jewish victims written in Hungarian, and Serbians in Serbo-Croatian in Cyrillic
Commissioned by
The Municipality of Bečej and the Association of Fighters of the National Liberation War
14 image(s)
sub-set tree:
Marble
Concrete
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