Serbian name
Novi Kneževac
Former name
Hungarian name
Törökkanisza
Slovak name
German name
Neu-Kanischa
English description
Jews began to settle in Novi Kneževac around 1718. The prayer house was built in 1832. The new synagogue was erected between 1910 and 1913 on Zanatlijska Street. There were two Jewish cemeteries, one founded in 1832 and 1910, respectively. The newer cemetery located on 97 Zmaj Jovina Street still exists. Before the Second World War there were about 80 Jews living in Novi Kneževac, only 5 of them survived the Holocaust. The synagogue was destroyed in 1948. The memorial plaque at the site of the destroyed synagogue was unveiled in 1998.
Bibliography
Teodor Kovač, “Jedna od mnogih jevrejskih zajednica kojih više nema: Jevrejska zajednica u Novom Kneževcu,” Zbornik 7, Jevrejski istorijski muzej (1997): 153-164. Pavle Šosberger, Sinagoge u Vojvodini (Novi Sad: Prometej, 1998), 87-89.

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