Obj. ID: 48958
Modern Jewish Art Holocaust Memorial Plaque at the Former Synagogue in Zenica, Bosnia, 1967
To the main object: Synagogue in Zenica, Bosnia
Memorial Name
Holocaust Memorial Plaque
Who is Commemorated?
The 185 members of the Zenica Jewish Community murdered in the Holocaust
Description
The rectangular plaque is affixed to the synagogue facade to the left of the main door.
Inscription (Croatian)
U ZNAK TRAJNE USPOMENE NA
185 JEVREJA – ZENICANA
POGINULIH U LOGORIMA SMRTI
I N O B – I. OD 1941-1945
GODINE OVU SPOMEN PLȮČU
PODIŽU GRAƉANI GRADA ZENICE
ZENICA 12.iv.1967 GOD
Translation: As a sign of permanent memory of 185 Jews of Zenica who died in the death camps from 1941-1945, the citizens of the city of Zenica raise this memorial plaque / Zenica April 12, 1967.
Commissioned by
Municipality and Citizens of Zenica
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The synagogue building was built between 1904 and 1907. In 1910 the Jewish community in Zenica was 297, with about 200 living in the city on the eve of the German invasion of Yugoslavia.
185 members of the Zenica Jewish community were killed in the Holocaust. Returning survivors were unable to rebuild the heavily damaged synagogue building, and the building served other non-religious purposes. The building housed the printing press of Zenica Ironworks and in the 1960s it was used as a furniture store. Jewish Community of Yugoslavia reached an agreement with the city in 1968 to turn the building into a local museum. The plaque was installed on the façade at that time.
Loker, Zvi, ed., Pinkas ha-kehilot: Yugoslaviya (Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 1988), http://www.makabijada.com/pinkasyu/index.htm (accessed February 20, 2023)
“Zenica Synagogue,”
Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenica_Synagogue.