Serbian name
Bačka Topola
Former name
Hungarian name
Bácstopolya
Slovak name
German name
English description
Jews settled in Bačka Topola in 1770. The cemetery dates back to 1835 (according to some sources to 1750).The first synagogue, built around 1840, was located at today's address 20 Glavna Street. The second synagogue was built on the same place in 1863. Over 500 Jews lived in Bačka Topola prior to World War II. Only 98 of them survived the Holocaust. The building of the synagogue was destroyed in the 1950s. No memorial plaque has been installed. The building of the Rabbinate, built at the beginning of 20th century, still exists at the address 16 Glavna Street. Today the building is used by the 'Juhász Erzsébet' Library. There is no memorial plaque on the building. The Jewish cemetery has around 1,800 gravestones. It was neglected for years and exposed to vandalism and thefts of tombstones. Thanks to Mr. Antal Kocsis and a group of enthusiasts gathered around him, the cemetery was cleared of vegetation.
Bibliography
Pavle Šosberger, Sinagoge u Vojvodini (Novi Sad: Prometej, 1998), 23-25. Evidencija preživelih Jevreja u Jugoslaviji 1946, I-II, Arhiv JONS, Novi Sad makabijada.com, josu.rs, www.rtv.rs/vojvodina. Za listu imena sahranjenih na groblju i u imena koja su ugravirana na spomeniku žrtava: macse.hu/society

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