Obj. ID: 55431
Memorials  Holocaust Memorial at the Great Synagogue in Gura Humorului, Romania, 2016

To the main object: Great Synagogue in Gura Humorului, Romania

Name of Monument

No official name

What/Who is commemorated?

3,000 Jews deported from Gura Humorului and its surroundings

Description

Two inscribed metal plaques are affixed to the exterior wall of the synagogue to the left of the entrance.  The plaque inscribed in Hebrew is placed above and flush against the lower plaque, inscribed in Romanian.

Inscriptions

In Hebrew:

תחילת שנת תש"ב הוגלו ממחוז בוקובינה 91,845 יהודים
בפקודת יון אנטונסקו. כתוצאה מהמדינייות האנטישמית של
,השלטון בבוקארסט, 3,000 יהודים מגורא הומורולוי והסביבה
,אנשים נשים וטף, נשלחו בכוח, ביום י"ט וביום כ' תשרי תש"ב
לטראנסניסטריה. רבים מהם נרצחו או מתו במגפות, בקור
וברעב. יהי רצון שזכרון הטרגדיה הזאת ישאר חי כאזהרה
לדורות הבאים.

 הפדרציה של הקהילות היהודייות ברומניה
"המכון הלאומי לחקר השואה ברומניה "אלי ויזל

תשרי תשע"ז

Translation: In the beginning of the year 5702 [=1941/42] 91,845 Jews were deported from the region of Bukovina by the order of Ion Antonescu. As a result of the anti-Semitic policy of the Bucharest regime, 3,000 Jews from Gura Humorului and its surroundings - men, women, and children -  were forcibly sent on Tishrei 20, 5702 [=October 11, 1941] to Transnistria. Many of them murdered or died due to epidemics, cold, or hunger. May the memory of this tragedy live on as a warning to future generations. / Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania, National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania "Elie Wiesel" / Tishrei 5777 [=October 2016]

In Romanian:

În toamna anului 1941, au fost deportați din Bucovina 91.845
de evrei din ordinul lui lon Antonescu. Ca urmare a politicii
antisemite a regimului de la Bucureşti, 3,000 de evrei
din Gura Humorului şi din împrejurimi, bărbaţi, femei şi copii
au fost trimişi forţat, în zilele de 10 şi 11 octombrie 1941
în Transnistria. Mulţi dintre ei au murit acolo executaţi, din cauza
epidemiilor, de frig sau de foame. Fie ca memoria acestei tragedii să
rămână vie ca un avertisment pentru generațiile viitoare.

 Federația Comunităților Evrieeşti din România-Cultul Mozaic
Institutul Naţional pentru Studierea Holocaustului din România "Elie Wiesel"

 octombrie 2016 

Translation: In the fall of 1941, 91,845 Jews were deported from Bucovina by order of lon Antonescu. As a result of the anti-Semitic policy of the Bucharest regime, 3,000 Jews from Gura Humorului and its surroundings; men, women, and children, were forcibly sent on October 10 and 11, 1941 to Transnistria. Many of them died there: executed, due to epidemics, cold or hunger. May the memory of this tragedy live on as a warning to future generations. / Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania-Cultul Mozaic National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania "Elie Wiesel" / October 2016

Commissioned by

Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania - Cultul Mozaic

National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania "Elie Wiesel"