Obj. ID: 46067
Jewish Architecture Holocaust memorial plaque in Kal Yavanim (Greca) Synagogue of Trikkala, Greece, 2004
To the main object: Kal Yavanim (Greca) Synagogue in Trikkala, Greece
Who is Commemorated?
139 Jewish Holocaust victims of Trikkala and Karditsa
Description
The memorial fills much of the entrance (side) wall of the synagogue sanctuary, to the left as one faces the Torah ark. It consists of five rectangular marble plaques arranged around a large wall relief (in plaster?) of the emblem of the State of Israel (a menorah, flanked by olive branches, with the word Israel written below in Hebrew.
Four plaques are vertical and list names of victims. These are mounted as pairs on each side of the emblem. Beneath the emblem is a horizontal panel with a long commemorative text inscribed in Greek.
Inscriptions
The emblem of Israel is inscribed in Hebrew:
ישראל
Translation: Israel
Central panel is inscribed in Greek:
ΕΔΩ ΒΡΙΣΚΟΝΤΑΙ ΤΑ ΟΝΟΜΑΤΑ ΤΩΝ 139 ΜΕΛΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΙΣΡΑΗΛΙΤΙΚΩΝ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΩΝ ΤΡΙΚΑΛΩΝ ΚΑΙ
ΚΑΡΔΙΤΣΑΣ ΠΟΥ ΣΥΝΕΛΗΦΘΗΣΑΝ ΤΗΝ 24ΗΝ ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ 1944 ΑΠΟ ΤΟΥΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΟΥΣ ΚΑΤΑΚΤΗΤΑΣ
ΚΑΙ ΟΔΗΓΗΘΗΚΑΝ ΣΤΑ ΦΡΙΚΙΑΣΤΙΚΑ ΣΤΡΑΤΟΠΕΔΑ ΤΟΥ ΟΛΕΘΡΟΥ
ΑΟΥΣΒΙΤΣ-ΜΠΙΡΚΕΝΑΟΥ
ΟΠΟΥ ΒΡΗΚΑΝ ΟΙΚΤΡΟ ΘΑΝΑΤΟ
ΤΟ ΕΡΓΟ ΑΥΤΟ ΕΓΙΝΕ ΕΠΕΙΤΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΡΩΤΟΒΟΥΛΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΙΣ ΕΠΙΠΟΝΕΣ ΠΡΟΣΠΑΘΕΙΕ:
Α. ΤΟΥ ΟΜΟΘΡΗΣΚΟΥ ΜΑΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΚΑΡΔΙΤΣΑ ΒΙΚΤΩΡ ΣΟΛ. ΒΕΝΟΥΖΙΟΥ ΣΤΗ ΜΝΗΜΗ ΤΟY
ΔΟΛΟΦΟΝΗΘΕΝΤΟΣ ΘΕΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΣΕΜΑΧ ΚΑΠΕΤΑ ΤΡΑΓΙΚΟ ΘΥΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΟΛΟΚΑΥΤΩΜΑΤΟΣ ΚΑΙ
ΑΦΙΕΡΩΝΕΤΑΙ ΣΤΟΥΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥΣ ΓΟΝΕΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΣΟΛΟΜΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΝΙΚΑ ΒΕΝΟΥΖΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ
Β. ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΣΥΜΠΑΡΑΣΤΑΗ ΤΗΣ ΙΣΡΑΗΛΙΤΙΚΗΣ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΤΡΙΚΑΛΩΝ ΣΤΗ ΜΝΗΜΗ ΤΩΝ
ΣΦΑΓΙΑΣΘΕΝΤΩΝ ΕΒΡΑΙΩΝ ΤΡΙΚΑΛΩΝ-ΚΑΡΔΙΤΣΑΣ
ΤΟ ΣΕΜΝΟ ΤΟΥΤΟ ΕΡΓΟ 61 ΧΡΟΝΙΑ ΜΕΤΑ ΤΗΝ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΗ ΚΑΤΟΧΙΚΗ ΛΑΙΛΑΠΑ ΠΑΡΑΔΙΔΕΤΑΙ
ΣΗΜΕΡΑ ΣΤΙΣ ΕΠΕΡΧΟΜΕΝΕΣ ΓΕΝΕΕΣ ΣΤΗ ΜΝΗΜΗ ΤΩΝ ΑΔΙΚΟΧΑΜΕΝΩΝ ΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ
ΜΑΣ ΓΙΑ ΝΑ ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΙ ΕΝΑ ΜΟΝΙΜΟ ΜΝΗΝΟΣΥΝΟ
“ΚΑΝΤΙΣ”
ΧΟΡΗΓΟΙ
ΙΣΡΑΗΛΙΤΙΚΗ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΤΡΙΚΑΛΩΝ
ΒΙΚΤΩΡ ΣΟΛ. ΒΕΝΟΥΖΙΟΥ
ΤΡΙΚΑΛΑ 31 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ 2004
16 ΧΕΣΒΑΝ 5765
Translation: Here are the names of the 139 members of the Israelite communities of Trikala and Karditsa who were gathered on March 24, 1944 by the German occupiers and deported to the horrific camps of destruction Auschwitz-Birklenau, where they were put to death. // This project was done after the initiative and hard effort by:/ A. Of our fellow friend from Karditsa Victor Sol. Venouziou in the memory of / the murdered uncle of Semach Kapeta, a tragic victim of the Holocaust and dedicated to the respected parents of Solomon and Nika Venouziou and / B. With the sympathy of the Israelite community of Trikala in the memory of the thirty friends / This modest work 61 years after the German occupation of lailapa is delivered today to the coming generations in the memory of our lost brothers to constitute a permanent memorial / "Candis" // Sponsors / Israeli community of Trikala / Victor sol. Venouziou // Trikala October 31, 2004 / 16 Hesvan 5765
Side panels list the names of victims
Commissioned by
Jewish Community of Trikala
16 image(s)
sub-set tree:
On March 24, 1944 139 members of the Jewish communities of Trikala and Karditsa were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau where they were killed.
This monument was erected by surviving friends and relatives in 2004.