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Obj. ID: 40789
Modern Jewish Art  Holocaust memorial in the yard of the Elementary school Pojišan in Split, Croatia, 2010

© Jewish Community of Split, Photographer: Lebl, Ana, 2010s

Memorial Name

No official name

Who is Commemorated?

1,500,000 Jewish children who perished in the Holocaust.

Description:

The memorial is a reddish-whitish rock, to which is added a small fence for flowers made of small stones.

A dedicatory inscription is written with metal letters on the front side of the rock. The unveiling date and the name of the school appear on its left side. 

Inscriptions

Sjećanje
na 1.500.000 djece
ubijene u Holokaustu

Neka njihov glas
nikad ne utihne

Translation: Memory of 1,500,000 children killed in the Holocaust. Let their voice never shut up

27. siječnja 2010
O.Š. Pojišan Split

Translation: January 27, 2010. Elementary school Pojišan Split

Commissioned by

Elementary school Pojišan Split

Summary and Remarks
Remarks

2 image(s)

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Holocaust memorial in the yard of the Elementary school Pojišan in Split | Unknown
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History/Provenance

According to the inscription, the memorial was unveiled on Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2010. 

Since then, there are annual school commemorative ceremonies at the memorial on Holocaust Remembrance Days.

Main Surveys & Excavations
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Author of description
Vladimir Levin | 2023
Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
Adam Frisch | 2023
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The following information on this monument will be completed: