Img. ID: 62796

Memorial Name

Common Grave and Memorial to the Victims of the Holocaust

Who is Comemmorated?

The Jews of Bačko Gradište who were murdered in the Holocaust, and Jewish residents of the village whose remains have been exhumed and buried in this common grave.

Description

The monument is a square upright stele on an elongated rectangular concrete base. On the front side of the stele is engraved the Magen David and the inscription stating that here lie remains of those exhumed and the names of those whose remains were transferred to the grave. On the backside of the stele is the Serbo-Croatian inscription commemorating the victims of fascism. The land on which the memorial tomb stands is now privately owned, which makes it difficult to access the site. The land is used as a vegetable garden

Inscriptions

On the front (Serbo-Croatian)

Na ovom mestu sahranjeni su posmrtni ostaci
ekshumiranih sa Jevrejskog groblja u Bačkom Gradištu.

Translation:  The remains of those exhumed from the Jewish cemetery in Bačko Gradište are buried in this place.

On the back (Serbo-Croatian)

U spomen žrtvama fašizma, 1941-1945

Translation: In memory to the victims of fascism 1941-1945

Comissioned by

Unknown