Obj. ID: 49940
Memorials Memorial Plaque at the site of the Synagogue in Bačka Palanka, 2007
To the main object: Synagogue in Bačka Palanka, Serbia
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
The demolished synagogue at this site and the Bačka Palanka Jewish victims of the Holocaust
Description
The commemorative plaque is located at the site of the synagogue building demolished in 1956. It is comprised of a stone plaque standing on a stone base. The plaque features the Magen David and inscriptions in Serbo-Croatian and Hebrew with identical content. The inscriptions commemorate the demolished synagogue and the tragic death of the majority of the Bačka Palanka Jews by the fascists in the Holocaust. It also mentions 37 Jews who survived the war and immigrated to Israel in 1948 with their rabbi Jacob Gross.
Inscriptions
Serbian:
На овоме месту стајала је од 1806. до 1956.
године синагога, кућа окупљања Јевреја,
грађана Бачке Паланке. Већина њих је
трагично страдала од стране фашиста
током Другог светског рата, у Холокаусту.
Децембра 1948. године 37 преживелих
Јевреја су се са рабином Јаковом Гросом,
иселили у Израел.
Hebrew:
במקום הזה, בין השנים 1806-1956 עמד בית הכנסת,
מקום המפגש היהודים, תושבי בצ'קה פלנקה. רובם נספו
באופן טראגי על ידי פשיסטים בזמן מלחמת העולם השנייה
בשואה. בדצמבר 1948, 37 יהודים אשר שרדו עלו
לישראל עם רב יעקב גרוס.
Translation: In this place, between the years 1806-1956, stood the synagogue, the meeting place for the Jews, residents of Bačka Palanka. Most of them were killed by the fascists during World War II, in the Holocaust. In December 1948, 37 Jews who survived immigrated to Israel with Rabbi Yaakov Gross.
Commissioned by
The initiative for the erection of this monument came from Rachel Frisch from Israel, the daughter of Jakob Eugene Gross, who was the community's last rabbi.
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| 62 Žarka Zrenjanina Street, Bačka Palanka, Serbia
The synagogue was built in 1807. It was a modest building around which the community was gathered. In the 1830s, the Jewish school, mikveh, and kosher butchery were erected around the synagogue building. The community was almost completely annihilated in the Holocaust and 37 Jews who survived immigrated to Israel. The synagogue building was demolished in 1956.
On April 29, 2007, a memorial plaque was unveiled on the site commemorating the synagogue and the tragic death of most of the Bačka Palanka Jews in the Holocaust. The initiative for the erection of this monument came from Rachel Frisch from Israel, who is the daughter of Jakob Eugene Gross, the community's last rabbi. The inscription on the plaque (in Serbian and Hebrew) commemorates the destroyed synagogue and the tragic death of most Bačka Palankan Jews in the Holocaust. It also mentions 37 Jews who survived the war and immigrated to Israel in 1948 with their rabbi Jakob Gross.
The monument is maintained by the Municipality of Bačka Palanka.
Gužvica, Stefan. “Jevreji u Bačkoj Palanci Gužvica.” in Zbornik radova o nastanku, prošlosti i istorijskom razvoju grada Bačke Palanke, no. 3 (2017), pp. 109-125.
"Memorials in Bačka Palanka," Locations (Vojvodina Holocaust Memorials Project), https://www.vhmproject.org/en-US/Locations/Memorials/2 (accessed June 7, 2023)
Šunjka, Radovan, Bačka Palanka u pet vekova, (Bačka Palanka: DNV Logos, 2009)