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  Memorial to the Jewish Quarter in Česká Lípa, Czech Republic, 2008

© Pallay, Sheila, Photographer: Pallay, Sheila, 2019

Official Name

Památník židovskému ghettu

Translation:  Monument to the Jewish Ghetto 

What is Commemorated?

The Jewish Ghetto and the Old Synagogue of Česká Lípa

Description

This monument, situated in a public park, is made of a dark granite sculpture at the side of a square, that is triangular in shape. A relief of a distorted Magen David seems to flow out of the monument, and the words "Man must not submit to violence" are inscribed next to the relief in Czech.

Nearby is a small granite plaque with a narrative inscription about the ghetto and synagogue this memorial commemorates.

Inscriptions

ČLOVĚK NESMÍ PODLEHNOUT NÁSILÍ

Translation: Man must not submit to violence


ZDE ZA MĚSTSKÝMI HRADBAMI SE OD STŘEDOVĚKU ROZKLÁDALO ŽIDOVSKÉ GHETO.
OPAKOVANĚ DOCHÁZELO K NIČIVÝM POGROMŮM.
V ROCE 1744 BYLO GHETO VYRABOVÁNO A 30 ČESKOLIPSKÝCH ŽIDŮ BYLO UBITO.
V ROCE 1864 BYLA NA MÍSTĚ STARÉ SYNAGOGY
POSTAVENA V HISTORIZUJÍCÍM SLOHU SYNAGOGA NOVÁ,
KTEROU V TZV. KŘIŠŤÁLOVÉ NOCI V LISTOPADU 1938 NACISTÉ VYPÁLILI.

Translation: Here behind the city walls was located the Jewish ghetto since the Middle Ages. // Pogroms broke out repeatedly. // In 1744, the ghetto was plundered and 30 Jews were killed. // In 1864, a new synagogue in Historicism style was built on the site of the old synagogue // it was burnt by Nazis in November 1938 during Kristallnacht.

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Name/Title
Memorial to the Jewish Quarter in Česká Lípa | Unknown
Object Detail
Date
2008
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Czech Republic | Bohemia | Česká Lípa
| U Synagogy, 470 01 Česká Lípa
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1
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Sources

"Synagogue in Česká Lípa,"
Wikipedia, https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagoga_v_České_Lípě.

"Česká Lípa," Spolek pro vojenská pietní místa, https://www.vets.cz/vpm/mista/obec/3506-/?vp-page=8 (accessed January 22, 2023)
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