Img. ID: 56274
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Jews of Avignon who were deported and killed during the Holocaust
Description:
A tall narrow wall plaque is installed on the synagogue wall to the right of the ark. It consists primarily of a list of the victims' names in three columns and bears two Magen Davids flanking the years 1940-1945 beneath a titular inscription. The first name listed is Rabbi Joseph Sachs, Chief Rabbi of Paris at the beginning of the Holocaust.
Inscriptions
French
Aux Martyrs
de la foi d'Israël
1940_1944
[list of victims'names]
La Communaute d'Avignon a ses Chers Disparus
Octobre 1948
Translation: To the martyrs of the faith of Israel, 1940-1944 / [List of names] / The Community of Avignon to its dear disappeared October 1948
Commissioned by
Jewish Community of Avignon