Obj. ID: 52971
Memorials Holocaust Memorial Plaque at the Mikveh Building in Bardejov, Slovakia, 1992
To the main object: Mikveh (Old) in the Synagogue Compound in Bardejov, Slovakia
Name of Monument
No official name
What/Who is commemorated?
3,700 deported Jews of Bardejov
Description
A bronze wall plaque depicts a broken inscribed broken gravestone (matzevah). A stylized hand reaches up and seems to be dragging its fingers down through the text as if the bronze were clay, leaving four uneven track marks through the inscription, obscuring some texts. Below and to the right is a two-line admonition (Remember) in squared Hebrew letters, followed by in inscription in Slovak about the fate of the Jews of Bardejov.
Inscriptions
On upper part of plaque, in Hebrew:
Translation:
On lower part of the plaque, in Hebrew:
לזכר נשמות
קדושי עמנו
Translation: In memory of the souls / martyrs from amongst our people
On lower part of the plaque, in Slovak:
Z TOHOTO MIESTA V BARDEJOVE
V ROKOCH 1942-1945 DEPORTOVALI
3700 ŽIDOVSKÝCH OBČANOV
DO KONCENTRAČNÝCH TÁBOROV
CELEJ EURÓPY
NA VEČNŬ PAMIATKU UMUČENÝM
1992
Translation: From this place in Bardejovin the years 1942-1945 3700 Jewish citizens were deported to concentration camps throughout Europe. In eternal memory of the martyrs. / 1992
Commissioned by
Museum of Jewish Culture, Bratislava
(a branch of the Slovak National Museum)
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The relief on the front facade of the former synagogue is dedicated to Holocaust victims of Bardejov. The relief was sculpted by sculptor Michal Kern, an artist from Liptovský Mikuláš. A copy of this is also located at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, and other versions are affixed to synagogues around Slovakia, installed by the Museum of Jewish Culture. In addition to Bre installed at Bardejov, versions are affixed to the walls of synagogues of Liptovský Mikuláš, Poprad, Huncovce, Topolčany, Kosice, and Nitra.
Fish, Emil A., Memorial Book of Jewish Bardejov, Slovakia, Dedicated to its People, History and Legacy (Pasadena, CA: Bardejov Jewish Preservation Committee, 2014).
“Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research in Slovakia,” International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) website., https://2015.holocaustremembrance.com/member-countries/holocaust-education-remembrance-and-research-slovakia (accessed June 30, 2024)