Img. ID: 311883
Memorial name
"In Memory of the Martyrs of All Time" in Hungarian, "In Memory of the Shoa Victims" in Hebrew
Who is Commemorated?
Holocaust victims of Komárom-Esztergom County
Description
Two black marble plaques are attached to the northern wall of the vestibule of the former synagogue. The lower edge of the upper plaque and the upper edge of the lower one are "broken" and create a feeling of breach. The upper plaque bears a Hungarian inscription, while an almost identical Hebrew inscription is placed on the lower one. The name of the memorial differs in Hungarian and in Hebrew and only the Hungarian inscription includes the organizations that supported the creation of the memorial.
Inscriptions
The inscription in Hungarian reads:
A Zsinagógát a Tatán letelepült zsidó közösség a XVIII. század elején emelte.
1749-ben felújították, 1861-ben Wechselmann Ignác tervei alapján átépítették.
1977-től múzeumi kiállítóhely. A Holocaust 60. évfordulóján a
megyei önkormányzat az épületet felújította, kertjében elhelyezte
Lugossy Mária: "Minden idők mártírjainak emlékére" című szoborkompozíciójat
és a területet Megyei Holocaust Emlékhellyé nyilvánította.
Az emlékhely kialakítását támogatta:
Nemzeti Kulturális Örökség Minisztériuma
Igazságügyi Minisztérium
Nemzeti Kulturális Alapprogram
Tata Város Önkormányzata
K.E.M-i Területfejlesztési Tanács
Magyar Külkereskedelmi Bank Rt.
Országos Takarékpénztár Rt.
Szerencsejáték Rt.
Translation: The synagogue was established by the Jewish community in Tata in the beginning of the 18th century. It was renovated in 1749 and rebuilt in 1861 according to the plans by Ignác Wechselmann. Since 1977, it has been a museum exhibition place. On the 60th anniversary of the Holocaust, the county government renovated the building and placed in its garden Maria Lugossy's sculptural composition "In Memory of the Martyrs of All Time" and County declared the area County Holocaust Memorial.
The creation of the memorial was supported by: / Ministry of National Cultural Heritage / Ministry of Justice / National Cultural Fund Program / Municipality of the City of Tata / Regional Development Council of K.E.M. / Hungarian Foreign Trade Bank / National Saving Bank / Szerencsejáték Rt. [Gambling service provider]
The inscription in Hebrew reads:
הבניין הזה נבנה על ידי הקהילה היהודית בטאטא במאה ה-18.
שופץ ב-1749 וב-1861 נבנה מחדש לפי התכנית של איגנץ וקסלמן. (Wechselmann Ignác)
מ-1977 בית כנסת משמש כמוזאון.
המועצה האזורית שיפצה את הבניין ביו[ם](ס) הזיכרון השישי[ם](ס) לשואה
והקימה קומפוזיצית פסלי[ם](ס) של הפסלת מריה לוגושי. (Lugossy Mária)
ש[ם](ס) היצירה: "זכר קרבנות השואה"
המועצה הכריזה על השטח הזה כאתר זיכ[ר](ד)ון השואה של המחוז
כ[ס](מ)לו תשס"ה
Translation: This building was built by the Jewish community of Tata in the 18th century. It was renovated in 1749 and in 1861 rebuilt according to the plan by Ignác Wechselmann. From 1977, the synagogue has served as a museum. The county council renovated the building on the 60th anniversary of the Holocaust and erected the sculptural composition by the sculptress Mária Lugossy. The name of the work: "In Memory of the Shoa Victims." The council declared this territory as the memorial site of the Holocaust of the county. Kislev 5765 [December 2004].
Commissioned by
Komárom-Esztergom County Council and the organizations mentioned in the plaque (see the Hungarian inscription)
After 1944, the synagogue was used as a warehouse. Beginning in 1977, the building housed the Museum of Greek and Roman Statue Copies. As of 2021, the synagogue was in the process of restoration. An inscribed granite stone in the building’s garden commemorates the Jews of Tata deported to the Auschwitz death camp.
On Holocaust Remembrance Day on 18 November 2004, the 60th anniversary of the Holocaust in Hungary, the County dedicated Maria Lugossy’s memorial sculptural work, Martyrs of All Time. At that time, the synagogue was declared a Holocaust memorial site by the Komárom-Esztergom County.