Serbian name
Subotica
Former name
Hungarian name
Szabadka
Slovak name
German name
English description
Jews began settling in Subotica in the second half of the 18th century. At that time, the Hevra Kadisha was established. The cemetery was founded in 1795, at the location 2 Majevička Street. The first synagogue was built in 1817, on Šumska Street, and it was rebuilt in 1850. The building of today's synagogue was built on 6 Jakab and Komor Square in 1902. In that period, the Jewish community divided into two streams. The majority of members joined the Neolog stream, while the minority established an Orthodox community. In 1915, the Orthodox community separated and bought the Hebrew Kadisha building on 15 Frankopanska Street, which was expanded and used as a synagogue. Both buildings exist today. There is no memorial plaque on the building of the orthodox synagogue.The Jewish hospital opened in 1923. Until the Second World War, the Jewish community of Subotica was the fourth largest in Yugoslavia. In the 1930s it numbered about 6,000 members. The number of the Holocaust survivors is 1048. The Jewish Community of Subotica is active today.
Bibliography
Bela Duranci i Vera Gabrić Počuča, Javni spomenici opštine Subotica (Subotica: Međuopštinski zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture, 2001). Irina Subotić, Nandor Glid (Beograd: Fondacija Vujičić kolekcija, 2012). Steven J. Fenves, The Life and Art of Klara Gereb (1897-1944) (Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2014). Evidencija preživelih Jevreja u Jugoslaviji 1946, I-II, Arhiv JONS, Novi Sad. O nama JOSU, Crtice o Žutoj kući, Obeležena 73. godišnjica deportacije subotičkih Jevreja, Industrija i industrijalci, Jevrejsko groblje u Subotici.

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