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Who is Commemorated

Jews of Dolní Kounice killed in the Holocaust

Description

This bronze wall plaque in the synagogue of Dolní Kounice lists 55 names of Jews from Dolní Kounice killed in the Holocaust.  The upper part of the plaque is decorated with Magen David and beneath it a dedicatory inscription.  

The letters and Magen David are polished to shine and stand out from the duller background.

Inscriptions

In Czech:

Na památku mé maminku Emmy Morgensternové
a ostatních Židovských občanů Dolních Kounic,
kteří byli dne 4. března 1942 nacisty donuceni
opustit své domovy následne zavraždení

Translation:  In memory of my mother, Emma Morgenstern and other Jewish citizens of Dolní Kounice, whom Nazis forced to leave their homes on March 4, 1942, and then murdered.

This dedication is followed by a list of 55 Jews from Dolní Kounice, who we killed in the Holocaust

In Czech:

žili čestně a zemřeli statečné
Ruth Kopečková Morgensternová, 14.3.2011

Translation: They lived honorably and died bravely. Ruth Kopečková Morgensternová, 14.3.2011

Commissioned by

Ruth Kopečková Morgensternová