Obj. ID: 51194
Memorials Memorial Plaque at the Ashkenazi Synagogue in Sisak, Croatia, 1999, 2010s
To the main object: Ashkenazi Synagogue in Sisak, Croatia
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
The synagogue of the Sisak Jewish community.
Description:
A simple metal plaque is attached to the right of the entrance to the former synagogue. Sometime between 1999 and 2021 it was replaced by a new plaque. While the Croatian inscription remained the same, the Hebrew one has changed.
Inscription
Hebrew
Original (1999):
בית כנסת זה
הוקם בשנת 1880
ע"י יהודי סיסק
ושימש עד שנת 1941
Translation: This synagogue was built in 1880 by the Sisak Jews and served until 1941.
As documented in 2021:
בית כנסת זה הוקם
בשנת 1880 ע"י יהודי סיסק
ושימש עד שנת 1941
כאשר הושמדה הקהילה היהודית של סיסק בשואה
Translation: This synagogue was built in 1880 by the Sisak Jews and served until 1941, when the Jewish community of Sisak was destroyed in the Holocaust.
Croatian (both in 1999 and 2021 versions):
U ovoj zgradi je bila sinagoga od
njezine izgradnje i blagoslova
1880.g. do uništenja sisačke židovske
zajednice u holokaustu 1941 g.
Translation: This building housed a synagogue since its construction and inauguration in 1880 until the destruction of Sisak's Jewish community in the Holocaust in 1941.
Commissioned by
Jewish community of Zagreb [to be confirmed]
4 image(s)
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A metal plaque was installed on the building of the former synagogue in 1999 (see photos from the ceremony here). By 2021, it was replaced by a new plaque with enlarged Hebrew text (the Croatian text remained the same).