Memorial to the Victims of the Holocaust — Galanta, Slovakia
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[EN] Small memorial on place where was a synagogue before.
[SK] Maly pamatnik na mieste kde bola v minulosti synagoga.
Waymark Code: WMA1M5
Location: Trnavský kraj, Slovakia
Date Posted: 11/01/2010
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[EN]
Memorial was bared 29 of June 2003 by memories of Victims of the Holocaust from Galanta town and around the town. Memorial is on place where was a synagogue before. This synagogue was demolished during period of communism. Memorial is from academic sculptor Peter Sulik. Here is small square with the basics of original synagogue and memorial is in the middle . Memorial is by two stones pillars with small table with text:
"Na pamiatku obetiam holokaustu
A holokauszt aldozatainak emlekere
Na tomto mieste stala v rokoch 1899 - 1976 synagoga
Ezen a helyen allt 1899 - 1976 kozott a zsinagoga"
"Memorial to the Victims of the Holocaust
(the same in hungarian language)
Synagogue was here in between years 1899 - 1976"
(the same in hungarian language)
Jewish community has a small house of worship now in Galanta. Around 1800 Jews was deported from neighbourhood. Around 300 people returned after Second World War back. In these days has Jewish community around 60 members.
[SK]
Pamatnik bol odhaleny 29. juna 2003 pri prilezitosti kazdorocnej spomienky na stovky obeti holokaustu z Galanty a okolia. Pamatnik odhalili: predseda Zidovskej nabozenskej obce v Galante Vojtech Fahn a primator mesta Galanta Alexander Mezes, na mieste niekdajsej ortodoxnej synagogy pamatnik, ktory bude sluzit ako pamatne miesto Galantského zidovstva a zaroven bude symbolickou spomienkou na vsetkych zidovskych obcanov tohto mesta, ktori zahynuli pocas holokaustu.
Dielo akademickeho sochara Petra Sulika je umiestnene na malom namesti zo zvyraznenymi zakladmi povodnej synagogy, ktoru v roku 1976 v mene komunistickej ideologie zburali. Pamatnik je postaveny z dvoch kamennych pilonov s tabulkou na ktorej je napisane:
"Na pamiatku obetiam holokaustu
A holokauszt aldozatainak emlekere
Na tomto mieste stala v rokoch 1899 - 1976 synagoga
Ezen a helyen allt 1899 - 1976 kozott a zsinagoga"
Zidovska nabozenska obec v Galante patrila pocas totalitneho rezimu medzi nabozensky najaktivnejsie obce na Slovensku. Po strate synagogy sa galantski Zidia az do dnesnych dni nadalej stretavaju v dome, ktory nabozenska obec kupila a prestavala na malu modlitebnu. Z 1800 Zidov deportovanych 5. juna z Galanty sa vratilo naspat len okolo 300. O sformovanie Zidovskej nabozenskej obce v Galante po Druhej svetovej vojne sa vo velkej miere zasluzil Adolf Schulz, ktory bol jej predsedom a desiatky rokov organizoval nabozensky zivot v meste. Zidovská nabozenska obec v Galante ma v sucasnosti okolo 60 clenov.
Source/zdroj: http://www.delet.sk