Details - Vojvodina Holocaust Memorials

Serbian name: Senta
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Hungarian name: Zenta
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English description: The first Jews settled in Senta in the late 18th century. The community, Hevra Kadisha, prayer house, and school were established in the first half of the 19th century. The synagogue was erected in 1806. The cemetery was officially founded in 1852, although there are older monuments dating back to 1785. Those were transferred from the old cemetery that stood on the Tisza coast. In 1855, a part of the members separated and established an orthodox community that had its own synagogue and mikveh. The new Neolog synagogue with school was built in 1873. There was also a religious school Talmud Torah. The formal division between the two communities occurred in 1915. The Jewish Cultural Center was built in 1925 and the new orthodox synagogue was built in 1929. In the 1920s, there were 1327 Jews living in Senta, the majority belonged to the Orthodox community. The number of Holocaust survivors is 276. The Neolog synagogue on Táncsics Mihály Street was demolished in 1957. The memorial plaque was installed in place of the demolished synagogue in 2001. The inscription does not mention the fate of the local Jewish community during the Holocaust. The orthodox synagogue (23 Boška Jugovića Street) still exists. It is occupied by a sport club Partizan. There is no memorial plaque.
Bibliography: Atila Pejin, “Jevrejsko Groblje u Senti.” Zbornik 7, Jevrejski istorijski muzej (1997), 105-136. Jaša Romano, Jevreji Jugoslavije: 1941-1945: žrtve genocida i učesnici NOR (Beograd: Savez jevrejskih opština Jugoslavije, 1980), 252-53. Evidencija preživelih Jevreja u Jugoslaviji 1946, I-II, Arhiv JONS, Novi Sad. Attila Pejin, A zentai zsidóság története (Senta: Thurzó Lajos Közművelődési Központ, 2003). Kegyeletadás a Zsidó temetőben, Zsinagóga emlékműve, Készítsenek nekem Szentélyt, hogy köztük lakjam!.