Obj. ID: 54633
Memorials Holocaust Memorial at the Orthodox Synagogue in Košice, Slovakia, 1992
To the main object: Orthodox Synagogue in Košice, Slovakia
Name of Monument
No official name
What/Who is commemorated?
Jews of Košice, killed in the Holocaust
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 an inscription in Slovak about the fate of the Jews of Košice.
Inscriptions
On the plaque, in Hebrew:
לזכר נשמות
קדושי עמנו
Translation: In memory of the souls / martyrs from amongst our people
On the plaque, in Slovak:
Z Košíc v ROKU 1944 DEPORTOVALI
VIAC AKO 12000 ŽIDOVSKÝCH
OBČANOV DO KONGENTRAČNÝCH
TÁBOROV CELEJ EURÓPY.
NA VEČNÚ PAMIATKU UMUČENÝM
1992
Translation: In 1944 more than 12,000 Jewish citizens were deported from Košice to concentration camps all over Europe. In eternal memory of martyrs / 1992
Commissioned by
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sub-set tree: 
The relief on the front facade of the former synagogue is dedicated to Holocaust victims of Košice. The relief was sculpted by sculptor Michal Kern, an artist from Liptovský Mikuláš for the synagogue in Liptovský Mikuláš. A copy of this relief 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 Liptovský Mikuláš, similar memorial plaques are installed at the former synagogues of Poprad, Huncovce, Topolčany, Bardejov, Kosice, and Nitra.
"Pamětní deska Obětem holokaustu,"
Spolek pro vojenská pietní místa, https://www.vets.cz/vpm/43079-pametni-deska-obetem-holokaustu/#43079-pametni-deska-obetem-holokaustu.
“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)