Obj. ID: 50019
Memorials Holocaust Memorial at the site of the destroyed Synagogue in Novi Kneževac, Serbia, 1998
Memorial Name
No official name
Who and What is Commemorated?
Jews deported from Novi Kneževac on August 14th and 15th, 1941
The synagogue that stood on this site, destroyed in 1948
Description
The monument, made of brick, appears to mimic an Aron Kodesh or an altar. It is divided into three sections. The side sections have metal hooks for the placement of flower wreaths. The center section bears a plaque made of black stone adorned with an engraved Magen David above commemorative inscriptions in Hebrew and Serbo-Croatian and the names of 64 Holocaust victims written in two columns.
Inscriptions
Hebrew
לעתיד יש עבר ארוך
Translation: The future has a long past
Serbo-Croatian
'Budućnost ima dugu prošlost'
Na ovom mestu stajala je sinagoga, podignuta
1913 godine, spusena pre pola veka. Jevrejska
zajednica Novog Knezevca deportovana je
14. Avgusta 1941 godine. Svi deportovani su ubijeni.
Ovo obeležje neka je uspomena na nevino
stradale Jevreje Novog Kneževca.
Ubijeni su:
[list of victim's names]
Translation: “The future has a long past” / On this spot stood a synagogue built in 1913, put ablaze half a century later. The Jewish community of Novi Kneževac was deported on 14 August 1941. All deported were murdered. / Let this monument keep the memory of the innocent victims of Jewish descent from Novi Kneževac. / The murdered were: [list of victims' names]
Commissioned by
The Jewish Community of Novi Sad
sub-set tree: 
Concrete
Metal
Stone (marble or granite)
Jews began to settle in Novi Kneževac around 1718. The prayer house was built in 1832. The new synagogue was erected between 1910 and 1913 on Zanatlijska Street. There were two Jewish cemeteries, founded in 1832 and 1910, respectively. The newer cemetery, located at 97 Zmaj Jovina Street, still exists. Before the Second World War, there were about 80 Jews living in Novi Kneževac, and only 5 of them survived the Holocaust. The synagogue was destroyed in 1948.
Jewish Community Novi Sad initiated the creation of this monument which was unveiled in 1998.
The Municipality of Novi Kneževac maintains the memorial.
Kovač, Teodorm, "Jedna od mnogih jevrejskih zajednica kojih više nema: Jevrejska zajednica u Novom Kneževcu.” Zbornik 7 (1997), pp. 153-164.
"Memorials in Novi Kneževac," Locations (Vojvodina Holocaust Memorials Project), https://www.vhmproject.org/en-US/Locations/Memorials/16 (accessed June 18, 2023)
Szabó, József. Jevreji Novog Kneževca i okoline. (Novi Kneževac: Narodna biblioteka "Branislav Nušić", 2023)
Šosberger, Pavle. Sinagoge u Vojvodini: Spomanica minulog vremena (Novi Sad, 1998)