Obj. ID: 42090
Jewish Architecture Holocaust memorial plaque in the Jewish Communal Building in Zagreb, Croatia, 1961
To the main object: Jewish Communal Building with a prayer hall in Zagreb, Croatia
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Members of the Zagreb Jewish Community killed in the war and Holocaust victims
Description:
The plaque is situated in the vestibule of the Jewish community building, opposite a similar plaque, but with a Star of David, which commemorates the construction of the building in 1896 and its renovation after WWII (see here).
A black marble plaque with a five-pointed star and a Croatian inscription is placed in a decorative stucco frame.
Inscription
Croatian:
Članovima jevrejske zajednice
poginulim u Narodno-Oslobodilačkoj
Borbi i žrtvama fašizma postavlja
ovu spomen ploču povodom dvadeset
godišnjice ustanka jevrejska općina
u Zagrebu
29 тovembra 1961
Translation: To members of the Jewish community killed in the National Liberation War and victims of fascism, the Jewish community in Zagreb set up this commemorative plaque on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the uprising. November 29, 1961.
Commissioned by
The Jewish Community of Zagreb
2 image(s)
sub-set tree:
According to the inscription, the plaque was unveiled on November 29, 1961, together with the plaque that commemorates the construction of the building in 1896 and its renovation after WWII (see here).