Obj. ID: 58329 Holocaust Memorial on the Mass Grave in Petržalka, Slovakia, 1958
Inscription:
On the one side, in Slovak
Tu odpočíva 497 nevinných obetí,
ktoré na jar 1945, na prahu našej slobody,
zavraždili v Petržalskom cintoríne
fašistickí vrahovia.
Nech je tento hrob trvalou výstrahou
pred hrôzami fašizmu.
Večná pamiatka mučeníkom !
Translation: Here rest 497 innocent victims, who in the spring of 1945, on the threshold of our freedom, were murdered in the Petržalka Cemetery by fascist murderers. May this grave be a permanent warning against the horrors of fascism. Eternal memory to the martyrs!
On the other side, in Slovak
MENA ZISTENÝCH MARTYROV
[List of victims]
Translation: names of martyrs
The labor camp in Petržalka (German: Engerau) was established in December 1944 and operated until the spring 1945. The camp was not located in one place – the prisoners lived in buildings spread around the town, in six subcamps (Leberfinger, Fürst, Schinawek, Bahnhofstrasse, Auliesel and Wiesengasse) and other buildings (such as the Krankenrevier infirmary). Around 1,700 Hungarian Jewish men worked at the camp in appalling conditions. In March 1945, many inmates were murdered by guards, and the remaining inmates were sent on a death march.
In April-May 1945, the investigating committee found five mass graves near the old cemetery and exhumed the bodies. "Of the total number of 497 victims, only 51 were identified, whose documents were saved by the gravedigger. The remains of five were taken away by relatives from Hungary, thirteen were buried in separate graves at the cemetery, and the names of another 33 people are recorded on the memorial plaque in the shape of a stone mound. The other three names were carved at the bottom of the plaque later." https://pam.epocha.sk/pamatniky-bratislava/petrzalka-jarovce-rusovce-cunovo/obetiam-koncentracneho-tabora-v-petrzalke-cintorin-v-petrzalke
The memorial was renovated in 2021.
Read more:
https://spectator.sme.sk/culture-and-lifestyle/c/exhibition-shows-unknown-part-of-petrzalka-history
https://www.archive.jewishnews.at/events/2016/3/17/k70acm84s7jxdo9h4ryv9csl7dqf54
https://spectator.sme.sk/culture-and-lifestyle/c/exhibition-shows-unknown-part-of-petrzalka-history