Img. ID: 365011

Memorial Name

No official name

Who is commemorated?

Victims of the Shoah and the Jewish fighters in the War of National Liberation

Description:

The memorial is situated in the southern part of the Jewish section of the Mirogoj cemetery.

It is a raised platform made of white stone, on which are situated the three main elements of the memorial: a statue of Moses with the Tablets of the Law, a black marble slab with Hebrew inscription, and a plaque in the floor with long Serbo-Croatian inscription.

TThe statue of Moses was taken from the grave of the Glück family. The Tablets of the Law he is carrying represent the commandments using Roman numerals, except for two which are written in Croatian: “thou shalt not kill” and “thou shalt not steal.” A special plaque was installed on the grave of the Glück family where the statue originally stood (see here and here).

Inscriptions

Serbo-Croatian:

U spomen na žrtve Šoa i židovske
borce u narodno-oslobodilackom
ratu u ovoj grobnici sahranjen
su posmrtni ostaci neznanie
židovskih žrtava preneseni iz
logora Jasenovac – Gradiska koji
simboliziraju sve žrtve cija su imena
pohranjena u zakopanoj urni

Translation: In memory of the victims of the Shoah and the Jewish fighters in the War of National Liberation, the remains of unknown Jewish victims brought from the Jasenovac - Gradiska camp are buried in this tomb, symbolizing all the victims whose names are stored in the buried urn.

Hebrew:

לזכר הלוחמים היהודים שנפלו במלחמת העולם
השניה ולזכר קורבנות השואה. יהי זכרם ברוך

Translation: In memory of Jewish soldiers fallen in World War II and in memory of victims of the Holocaust. May their memory be blessed.

Commissioned by

The Jewish Community of Zagreb and the Federation of Jewish Communities of Yugoslavia