Img. ID: 514945

Memorial Name

No official name

Who is Comemmorated?

Victims of the Holocaust from Kanjiža

Description

The monument is a wall-like structure made of black marble and sandstone. The structure is divided into two sections by three columns (with the central column being higher than the others) of sandstone that feature traditional Jewish motifs: the central one bears a Magen David and Torah Scroll, and the two side columns bear the Ner Tamid. On the central column are commemorative inscriptions in Hebrew and Serbo-Croatian, and an inscription in Hungarian about the memorial's renovation in 1971 at its bottom. On both sides of the central column are two panels made of black marble, on which are inscribed the names of victims in Latin script phonetically spelled according to Serbian orthography.

Inscriptions

Central Column

Hebrew

שנזכור הקדושים שנהרגו מקהילתינו על קד' ה'ש בשנת תש'ד'

Translation:  To remember the martyrs from our community who were killed for the sanctification of God's Name [Kiddush Hashem] in the year 5704 [1943-1944] 

Serbo-Croatian

Sećanje na žrtve iz godina 1941-1945

Translation: Remembering the Victims of 1941-1945

Hungarian

Ujja epitette
a helyi
harcos szovetseg 1971

[Translator notes it should be: Újjáépitette a helyi harcos szövetség 1971]

Translation:  It was rebuilt by the local Fighters’ Association in 1971

Commissioned by

The Jewish Community of Kanjiža