Obj. ID: 50016 Memorial Plaque at the site of the Synagogue in Kikinda, Serbia, 1998
Memorial Name
No official name
Who and What is Comemmorated?
The former synagogue at this site, and victims of the Holocaust
Description
This vertical rectangular plaque is made of granite. A Magen David is engraved in the center of the plaque, inside of which are commemorative inscriptions in Serbo-Croatian and Hebrew, and the engraved image of the demolished synagogue. Around the Magen David are engraved the names of Holocaust victims.
Inscriptions
Serbo-Croatian
U blizini ovog mesta je 1880-1953
stajala sinagoga
iz koje su
Jevreji Kikinde odvedeni
u smrt 14. avgusta 1941.
Translation: Near this place between 1880-1953 stood the synagogue from which the Jews of Kikinda were taken to death on August 14, 1941.
Pamti da se ne zaboravi.
Translation: Remember not to forget.
Hebrew
לזכור למען שלא יחזור
Translation: Remember so it won't be repeated again
Commissioned by
Dragan Jankov, originally from Kikinda, a member of the Jewish Community Novi
9 image(s)
Jews began to settle in the Kikinda district in the first half of the 18th century. The first Jewish religious community was founded in 1800, and the community already had its first synagogue, rabbi, and hazzan within the year. At that time, 198 Jews lived in the town, while the Jewish population numbered approximately 550 at the beginning of the 20th century. The second Kikinda synagogue was built in the town center in 1880 on today's Dositejeva Street. The synagogue was part of the complex that consisted of a school, buildings with apartments, and halls for youth activities. There was also a religious school of Torah study, which had 40 pupils. 45 Kikinda Jews survived the war. The synagogue was first sold in the 1950s and then demolished in 1953.
The plaque commemorating the demolished synagogue and the deportation of the Kikinda Jews was unveiled in 1998. Commemoration ceremonies have been held annually on August 14, marking the deportation of Jews from Kikinda in 1941.
"Memorials in Kikinda," Locations (Vojvodina Holocaust Memorials Project), https://www.vhmproject.org/en-US/Locations/Memorials/13 (accessed April 10, 2023). (accessed June 14, 2023)
Rupčić, Tijana, Marko Milošev, Srđan Sivčev, and Vladislav Vujin, Istorija Jevreja u Velikoj Kikindi, (Kikinda: Narodni Muzej Kikinda, 2016)
Šosberger, Pavle. Jevreji u Vojvodini: Kratak pregled istorije vojvođanskih Jevreja (Novi Sad: Prometej, 1998)