Img. ID: 55548
Name of Monument
Menora u plamenu
Translation: The Menorah in Flames
Description
The bronze free-standing sculptural monument in the shape of a menorah, is located on the banks of the Danube River in Belgrade's Dorćol neighborhood in a small paved plaza surrounded by a playground, apartments houses and the riverside walkway. The monument is composed of a tall sculpture (approximately 4-5m) in the shape of a menorah where the branches extend like flame-like tendrils. Human arms and heads, seeming to writhe in agony, protrude from the sculpture.
In the words of Irina Subotić, the chronicler of Glid’s work “The monument is shaped like a hand opened wide, made up of intertwined human bodies wishing to soar like birds and escape death and the flames.”
Zoran Markus wrote. "the flame of the fire of many Phoenixes is intertwined with human skeletons, arms and legs in a deathly spasm, as an emblem of resurrection and triumph of light and life over death and darkness",
At the base of the monument is a mental plaque that contains an identical inscription in three languages, Serbian, English, and Hebrew.
Inscriptions
The inscription in three languages is identical.
Serbian:
ЈEBPEJИМA, ЖPTBAMA HAЦИCTИCTИЧКОГ ГEHOЦИДА
У БЕОГРАДУ И СРБИЈИ 1941-1944
HAPOД CPБИЈЕ, ГРАД БЕОГРАД, ОПШТИНА СТАРИ ГРАД
И ЈЕВРЕЈСКА ОПШТИНА.
21.10.1990
English:
TO JEWISH VICTIMS OF NAZI GENOCIDE IN BELGRADE
AND SERBIA, 1941-1944.
PEOPLE OF SERBIA, CITY OF BELGRADE, MUNICIPALITY OF STARI GRAD
AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.
21.10.1990
Hebrew:
לקורבנות השואה היהודים בבלגרד ובסרביה 1941-1944
האנדרטה הוקמה ע''י העם הסרבי, עיריית בלגרד, מועצה מקומית סטארי
גרעד והקהילה היהודית בבלגרד
21.10.1990
Commissioned by
Jewish Community of Belgrade, The City of Belgrade, Municipality of Stari Grad