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Memorial Name

No official name

Who is Commemorated?                                  

Jews of Avignon who were deported and killed during the Holocaust

Description:

A tall narrow wall plaque is installed on the synagogue wall to the right of the ark. It consists primarily of a list of the victims' names in three columns and bears two Magen Davids flanking the years 1940-1945 beneath a titular inscription. The first name listed is Rabbi Joseph Sachs, Chief Rabbi of Paris at the beginning of the Holocaust.

Inscriptions

French

Aux Martyrs
de la foi d'Israël
1940_1944

[list of victims'names]

La Communaute d'Avignon a ses Chers Disparus
Octobre 1948

Translation: To the martyrs of the faith of Israel, 1940-1944 / [List of names] / The Community of Avignon to its dear disappeared October 1948

Commissioned by

Jewish Community of Avignon

Name/Title
Holocaust Memorial Plaque in the Synagogue of Avignon, France | Unknown
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1948
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France | Provence-Alpes-Cote-d’Azur région | Provence | Avignon
| 2 Pl. Jérusalem, 84000 Avignon
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A619514