Obj. ID: 44760
Jewish Funerary Art Holocaust Memorial in the Jewish Cemetery in Mali Idjoš, Serbia, 1955
To the main object: Jewish Cemetery in Mali Idjoš, Serbia
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Holocaust victims from Mali Iđoš and those who were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Mali Iđoš and whose remains were exhumed
Description
The monument is made of a combination of sandstone and marble. Its shape and texture resemble a tree with a broken branch standing on a small one-stepped platform with a white marble plaque mounted on the surface of the monument. On top are inscribed the years '1941-1945' flanked by Magen Davids. Below this is a commemorative inscription in Hungarian, and beneath that are inscribed the names of the victims written in Hungarian. At the very bottom is an inscription in Serbo-Croatian added in 2008, after the monument’s restoration.
In 2000, after the cemetery was disbanded, on the backside of the monument was added another marble plaque with inscriptions in Serbo-Croatian and Hungarian and the names of those whose remains were exhumed.
Inscriptions
Front Plaque
1941-1945
Hungarian
Drága Mártírjaink
[list of victims]
Translation: Our Beloved Martyrs / [list of victims]
Serbo-Croatian
Obnovila Mesna zajednica Mali Iđoš 2008
Translation: Restored by the Mali Iđoš Local Community Council in 2008
Back Plaque
Serbo-Croatian
Sahranjeni na Jevrejskom groblju u Malom Iđošu
Translation: Buried at the Jewish cemetery in Mali Iđoš
Hungarian
A kishegyesi zsidó temetőben elhantoltak névsora
[list of the exhumed individuals]
Translation: The list of those who were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Mali Iđoš / [list of the exhumed individuals]
Commissioned by
The Jewish community of Mali Iđoš
The Mali Iđoš Local Community Council (Back Plaque)
15 image(s)
sub-set tree:
Marble
Jews started settling in Mali Iđoš at the end of the 18th century. At the beginning of the 20th century, the community had 145 members. The Jewish cemetery was founded in 1924. A synagogue was built in 1926. Only 7 Jews survived the Holocaust. The synagogue was destroyed in 1948. There is no memorial plaque on the site.
The memorial to the victims was unveiled in the Jewish cemetery on July 17, 1955. The graveyard was disbanded in 2000, the remains were exhumed, and tombstones were transferred to the Jewish cemetery in Subotica. The memorial to the victims was left at the site and the area was turned into a public park.
On this occasion, on the backside of the monument was mounted a plaque commemorating the deceased whose remains were exhumed. The monument was renovated by the Mali Iđoš Local Community Council in 2008.
In June 2014, a commemoration was held on the 70th anniversary of the deportation of Jews from this town. In addition to the representatives of the Hungarian and Croatian diplomatic missions in Subotica and the Jewish community of Subotica, the commemoration was attended by representatives of local self-government, the local community, and the Reform and Catholic churches. Commemoration ceremonies have not been held on a regular basis.
The Municipality of Subotica maintains the monument.
"Memorials in Mali Iđoš," Locations (Vojvodina Holocaust Memorials Project), https://www.vhmproject.org/en-US/Locations/Memorials/14 (accessed June 14, 2023)
Tóth, Péter. “Kishegyes: A zsidók deportálásának 70. évfordulójára emlékeztek,” Vajdaság, 22 June 2014, https://www.vajma.info/cikk/vajdasag/17331/Kishegyes-A-zsidok-deportalasanak-70-evfordulojara-emlekeztek.html (accessed June 14, 2023)
Ungar, Olga, "Remembering the Victims: Vojvodina Holocaust Memorials," in Jewish Literatures and Cultures in Southeastern Europe: Experiences, Positions, Memories (=Schriften des Centrums für jüdische Studien, vol. 37) eds Renate Hansen-Kokoruš and Olaf Terpitz, pp. 217-236.
https://www.vhmproject.org/en-US/Locations/Memorials/14