Obj. ID: 40390
Jewish Architecture Holocaust Memorial in the Synagogue in Rijeka, Croatia, 1958
To the main object: Orthodox Synagogue in Rijeka, Croatia
Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Jewish victims of the Holocaust from Rijeka
Description:
The monument is installed at the main entrance to the synagogue, on the right-hand side of the entrance door. It comprises a niche of uneven form, sided by grey marble and framed by white marble. A Magen David and an inscription in Croatian with a Hebrew phrase are situated in the niche. A simplified menorah is situated under the niche. An electrical cable at the top point of the niche indicates that there was a memorial lamp.
Inscription:
In the center of the plaque, in Croatian and Hebrew:
Palim žrtvama
fašističkog terora
יד לקדשים
Jevrejska općina
Rijeka
Translation: To the fallen victims / of fascist terror / Memorial to the Martyrs / Jewish community / Rijeka.
Commissioned by
The Jewish community of Rijeka
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The city of Rijeka was under Italian occupation until 1943. After the German army occupied the city in late 1943, about 260 Jews were sent to death camps.
A memorial plaque in memory of the victims was fixed next to the entrance door to the synagogue in 1958.
Loker, Zvi, ed., Pinkas ha-kehilot: Yugoslaviya (Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 1988), 303., http://www.makabijada.com/pinkasyu/index.htm (accessed February 20, 2023)