Img. ID: 372951
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Stjepan Kolb, the gravedigger of the Đakovo cemetery
Description:
A white marble plaque with a dedicatory text in Croatian is attached to the chapel in the Jewish cemetery of Đakovo. It is attached to the western wall of the chapel, facing the cemetery.
Inscription
U spomen na Stjepana Kolba (1886 – 1945),
grobara Đakovačkog groblja,
zahvaljujući čijoj hrabrosti I ljudskosti
su popisane I dostojno pokopane sve žrtve
sabirnog logora Đakovo, a ovo logoraško
groblje učinjeno jedinstvenim u cijeloj
Europi.
Grad Đakovo
Židovska općina Osijek
Đakovo, lipanj 2016.
Translation: In memory of Stjepan Kolb (1886 – 1945), gravedigger of the Đakovo cemetery, thanks to whose courage and humanity all the victims of the Đakovo concentration camp were listed and decently buried, and this camp cemetery was made unique in all of Europe. The city of Đakovo. The Jewish community of Osijek. Đakovo, June 2016.
Commissioned by
The city of Đakovo and the Jewish Community of Osijek