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The Shoah (1939–1945)

Destruction of the Sarajevo synagogues

16 avr. 1941·Sarajevo

Toll
bilan non établi

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The great Sephardic temple of Sarajevo was ransacked and burned upon the entry of German troops; the books and ritual objects of Bosnia's oldest community were destroyed or dispersed.

The synagogues of Sarajevo are looted and devastated in the days following the entry of German troops and the establishment of the Ustasha regime. The great Sephardic synagogue, one of the largest in the Balkans, is emptied of its scrolls and ritual objects; some are burned in the street. The community of Sarajevo, heir to the exiles from Spain who settled there under the Ottomans, still spoke Judeo-Spanish. Arrests and deportations to Ustasha camps begin in the weeks that follow.

Period :
The Shoah (1939–1945)
Type :
Shoah
Region :
Central and Eastern Europe
Country :
Bosnie-Herzégovine
Sources

Mémorial de la Shoah, Paris ; Yad Vashem, base des communautés.

At the same place1

  1. 1942Deportation of Jews from Sarajevobilan non établi

In the same country14

  1. 1941Destruction of the Jewish Community of Višegradbilan non établi
  2. 1941Annihilation of the Jewish community of Zenicabilan non établi
  3. 1941Destruction of the Jewish community of Travnikbilan non établi
  4. 1941Annihilation of the Jewish community of Sanski Mostbilan non établi
  5. 1941Annihilation of the Jewish community of Bijeljinabilan non établi
  6. 1941Annihilation of the Jewish community of Banja Lukabilan non établi
  7. 1941Destruction of the Jewish community of Prijedorbilan non établi
  8. 1941Persecution and arrest of the Jews of Mostarbilan non établi

And 6 more in the catalogue.

Event 1481 of 2483, in chronological order · The Shoah (1939–1945): 915 events in the catalogue

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