Object: The plaque shows an
image of the former synagogue. On it is written the text of
Genesis 28 verse 16, a pronouncement of Jacob: “Surely
Jehovah is in this place, and I knew [it] not. (Darby Translation).
A little note.
On the plaque stones are laid. Jews traditionally do
not lay flowers on graves. To signify that the grave has been
visited and that the deceased is not forgotten they usually
lay down a small stone. Another explanation is that a sepulchre
is a memory to the charitable acts of the deceased. By adding
a stone, one declares that they intend to build further on
his good deeds. According the website of the Jewish Historical
Museum 12 Jews (out of 20) saved their lives, at the beginning
of the German occupation, by going into hiding. The other
8 were deported and died in concentration camps.
