Obj. ID: 57164  Holocaust Memorial Plaque in the Synagogue in Baia Mare, Romania

Memorial Name

No official name

Who/What is Commemorated?

Jewish Holocaust victims from Baia Mare

Description:

Two tall stelae with arched tops are attached to the inner wall of the vestibule (entrance wall to the sanctuary) of the Baia Mare synagogue. The stelae are densely inscribed in Hebrew with the names of victims. 

The first name in the list is Moshe Stroli, the rabbi of the Nagybánya (today Baia Mare).

Inscriptions:

Left arched stele, in Hebrew:

אבן מקיר תזעק

על אבדן יהודי עירנו אנשים נשים וטף

שנהרגו ושנשרפו על קדושת שם המיוחד

בשנת תשד 

[followed by lists of names in Hebrew letters]

Translation: A stone from a wall will cry out / for the loss of our city's Jews, men, women, and children, / who were killed and burned for the special sanctity of God / in 5704 [=1944].

Right arched stele, in Hebrew:

אבן מקיר תזעק

על אבדן יהודי עירנו אנשים נשים וטף

שנהרגו ושנשרפו על קדושת שם המיוחד

בשנת תשד 

[followed by lists of names in Hebrew letters]

Translation: A stone from a wall will cry out / for the loss of our city's Jews, men, women, and children, / who were killed and burned for the special sanctity of God / in 5704 [=1944].

Commissioned by

survivors