Obj. ID: 30934
Modern Jewish Art Memorial at the site of the Synagogue in Čakovec, Croatia, 1997
To the main object: Synagogue in Čakovec, Croatia
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
The synagogue of Čakovec, which was desecrated in 1944.
Description:
The memorial is situated at the corner of two streets, on the site of the synagogue.
It consists of two slabs forming a corner, seven concrete and stone blocks, and a metal Star of David relying on three of them. One stone block bears a granite plaque with an inscription in Hebrew and Croatian; another block bears a granite stone with the inauguration date.
According to a newspaper description, the memorial presents "a wounded Star of David on ruins." (Spomen-obilježje, p. 52).
Inscriptions
On a marble plaque:
Hebrew
במקום הזה עמד
בית-הכנסת
שהוקם בשנת 5596
ונהרס בשנת 5704
Translation: In this place stood / the synagogue / that was built in 1836 / and destroyed in 1944
Croatian:
Na ovom mjestu
stajala je
židovska sinagoga
sagrađena 1836
srušena 1944
Translation: In this place stood / the Jewish synagogue / built in 1836 / destroyed in 1944
Čakovec, 25.5.1997
On a stone, Croatian:
Čakovec, 25. svibnja 1997
Translation: Čakovec, May 25, 1997
Commissioned by
The Jewish Community of Čakovec
17 image(s)
sub-set tree:
Overall height 90 cm
Star of David: one side of the triangle - 150 cm, diameter of the cane 50 mm
The monument was conceived by the Jewish community in 1996 and unveiled on May 25, 1997.
Spomen-obilježje na mjestu nekadašnje židovske sinagoge u Čakovcu (Čakovec: Židovska općina Čakovec, 1997)., https://jevrejskadigitalnabiblioteka.rs/bitstream/handle/123456789/2398/SpomenObelezjeZidovskeSinagogeUCakovcuOCR.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y (accessed August 26, 2023)