Serbian name
Kikinda
Former name
Velika Kikinda
Hungarian name
Nagykikinda
Slovak name
German name
Großkikinda
English description
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. The same year, the community already had its first synagogue, rabbi, and hazzan. At that time, 198 Jews lived in the town, while Jewish population numbered approximately 550 at the beginning of the 20th century. The second Kikinda synagogue was built in 1880 on today's Dositejeva Street, in the town center. The synagogue was part of the complex that consisted of school, buildings with flats and halls for youth activities. There was also a religious school of Talmud Torah, which had 40 pupils. 45 Kikinda Jews survived the war. The synagogue was first sold in the 1950s, and then demolished in 1953. The memorial plaque was unveiled in 1998 near the site of the destroyed synagogue. The Jewish community Kikinda renewed its activity in 2003.
Bibliography
Pavle Šosberger, Jevreji u Vojvodini (Novi Sad: Prometej, 1998), 82-83. Marko Milošev, “Jevreji Velike Kikinde u toku Drugog svetskog rata,” Istorija Jevreja u Velikoj Kikindi, grupa autora (Kikinda: Narodni Muzej Kikinda, 2016), 57-58. Evidencija preživelih Jevreja u Jugoslaviji 1946, I-II, Arhiv JONS, Novi Sad. Kratka jevrejska istorija Kikinde

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