Obj. ID: 40412  Holocaust Memorial in the Jewish Cemetery in Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2016

Who is Commemorated?

27 Jewish victims of the Holocaust from Dubrovnik

Description:

The monument is situated in a narrow space between the cemetery chapel and a terrace with graves.

It consists of a marble vertical wall with inscriptions, which is preceded by a pavement with a stylized menorah in black marble. The names of the architect and sponsors are placed on the right-hand retaining wall.

The vertical wall made of gray marble. In its upper part, there are two black marble plaques with Croatian and Hebrew texts in memory of the victims. Under them, two black marble plaques stylized as the Tablets of the Law contain the names of 27 victims of the Holocaust in Croatian and Hebrew. The dates 1941-1945 appear between the plaques. Under the plaques appears a traditional Hebrew funerary inscription “Will their souls be bound in the bundle of life.” Under it, a black marble plaque is inscribed with the verse from the Book of Jeremiah in Hebrew and Croatian about Rachel weeping for her children.

Inscriptions:

On the vertical wall:

U spomen žrtvama holokausta židovske općine u Dubrovniku

English translation: In memory of the Holocaust victims of the Jewish community in Dubrovnik

לזכר הנספים בשואה מהקהילה היהודית בדוברובניק

English translation: In memory of those who perished in the Holocaust from the Jewish community in Dubrovnik

[List of 27 names in Croatian and Hebrew]

1941 – 1945

תהיינה נפשותיהם צרורות בצרור החיים

English translation: May their souls be bound in the bundle of life

כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה, קוֹל בְּרָמָה נִשְׁמָע נְהִי בְּכִי תַמְרוּרִים – רָחֵל, מְבַכָּה עַל בָּנֶיהָ. (ירמיהו לא, יד)

Čuj, jauk se čuje u Rami, gorko plakanje! Rahela oplakuje djecu svoju. (Jeremija 31,14)

English translation:

This is what the Lord says: A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children (Jeremiah 31:14) [verse 15 in the Christian Bible]

On the retaining wall:

Autor idejnog rješenja
Ivan Čerešnješ dipl. ing. arh.

English translation: Author of the conceptual solution / Ivan Čerešnješ, Dipl.-Ing. Arch.

On the gray plaque on the retaining wall:

Izgradnju spomenika omogućili su:
Grad Dubrovnik
Društvo prijatelja dubrovačke
starine
Židovska općina Dubrovnik

English translation: The construction of the monument was made possible by: / The city of Dubrovnik / The Society of Friends of Dubrovnik Antiquities / The Jewish community of Dubrovnik

Commissioned by

The municipality of Dubrovnik, The Society of Friends of Dubrovnik Antiquities, The Jewish community of Dubrovnik