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Jewish Funerary Art
  Holocaust Memorial in the Jewish Cemetery in Domažlice, Czech Republic, after 1950

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

Name

Who is Commemorated?

Jews from Domažlice killed in the Holocaust

Description

This monument takes the form of an upright rectangular stele, with another rectangular stone serving as a base - the form of a gravestone. A black metal plaque is attached to the face of the stele, upon which is a pair of inscriptions, with a Magen David separating them.

Inscriptions

In Czech:

ŽIDOVSKÝ HŘBITOV
V DOMAŽLICÍCH,
ZAL. R. 1348.

NA PAMĚŤ ŽIDOVSKÝCH
SPOLUOBČANŮ, KTEŘÍ BYLI
UMUČENI, NEBO PADLI
V DOBĚ NACISMU.

TranslationJewish Cemetery in Domažlicí, established in 1348. // In memory of the Jewish citizens who were tortured or fell during the time of Nazism.

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Name/Title
Holocaust Memorial in the Jewish Cemetery in Domažlice | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Date
after 1950
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Urban significance
Significance Rating
1
Ornamentation
Custom
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Direction/Location
first tombstone to the left of the cemetery gate
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Sources

"Domažlice," Spolek pro vojenská pietní místa, https://www.vets.cz/vpm/mista/obec/2137-/?vp-page=5 (accessed January 22, 2023)
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Author of description
Adam Frisch | 2023
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Computer Reconstruction
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