Serbian name
Zrenjanin
Former name
Veliki Bečkerek, Petrovgrad
Hungarian name
Nagybecskerek
Slovak name
German name
Großbetschkerek
English description
Jews begin settling in Zrenjanin in the mid-18th century. The religious community was founded in 1790, and it was made up of about thirty families. The old cemetery was founded in 1760 and the new in 1828. The first synagogue was completed in 1847, but due to the poor state of the building it was demolished. The religious community, rabbinate and school were founded in 1852. The new synagogue was built in 1896, on the corner of today's streets Sarajlijina and Jevrejska. Next to the synagogue, stood the building of Hevra Kadisha. According to the census of 1900, 1335 Jews lived in Zrenjanin. The number of the Holocaust survivors is 84. The synagogue was destroyed in 1941, the memorial-plaque was unveiled in 1997. The Jewish Community of Zrenjanin is still active.
Bibliography
Filip Krčmar, Aleksandar Stefanov, Tihomir Bogović i Aleksandar Radlovački, “Grobovi koji putuju: Memorijalno jevrejsko groblje u Zrenjaninu,” Zbornik 10, Jevrejski istorijski muzej (2015): 415-486. Evidencija preživelih Jevreja u Jugoslaviji 1946, I-II, Arhiv JONS, Novi Sad. Petar Subić, Spomen-ploče u gradu Zrenjaninu (Zrenjanin: Art-Projekt, 2013). Krajnja destinacija smrt, Na groblju nikla nova poslovna zgrada.

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