Obj. ID: 40450
Memorials Memorial plaque at the site of the synagogue in Zagreb, Croatia, 1986
To the main object: Synagogue in Zagreb, Croatia
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
The synagogue in Zagreb, which was demolished in 1941-42
Description:
A metal plaque is placed on a wall of a building, facing the parking lot where the synagogue of Zagreb once stood.
The plaque contains an image of the synagogue’s main façade, and two inscriptions in Hebrew and Croatian.
Inscriptions
Hebrew:
במקום הזה עמד בית-הכנסת
המרכזי של ק"ק זגרב ההוקם
בשנת 1867 ונהרס על-ידי הפשי-
סטים בימי-השואה בשנת 1941
Translation: In this place stood the central synagogue of the holy community of Zagreb that was built in 1867 and destroyed by the fascists in the time of the Holocaust in 1941
Croatian:
Na ovom je mjestu stajała si-
nagoga zagrebačke židovske
zajednice sagrađena 1867 i
srušena po fašističkim vla-
stima 1941 godine
Translation: In this place stood the synagogue of the Zagreb Jewish community, built in 1867 and demolished by the fascist authorities in 1941.
Commissioned by
The Jewish Community of Zagreb
4 image(s) Items per page
sub-set tree: 
The plaque was unveiled in 1986 (The Synagogue and Zagreb, p. 31).
The Synagogue and Zagreb: Exhibition, Archeological Museum in Zagreb (Zagreb: The Jewish Community of Zagreb, 2001), p. 31.