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Monument to the Victims of the Holocaust, Teplice

Basic Information

Location
Česko > Ústecký kraj > okres Teplice > Teplice > Teplice
Location Details: Hřbitovní Street, the new Jewish cemetery

Coordinates
50.643461, 13.812754

Type
Holocaust monument / memorial

Location
Cemetery, Mass grave

Artist / Maker / Company
R. Kraus (Realization), Tomáš Pulc (Realization), Vitalij Makonda (Realization)

Textual Content
Dedication, List of victims, Historical narrative, Hebrew traditional formulas

Languages
Czech

Whom the Monument Commemorates
Jewish victims, Victims of concentration camps, Victims of occupation

Jewish victims of the Nazi occupation, whose ashes are buried at the site

Iconographical Subject
Magen David

Material
Concrete, metal, plastic

Dimensions
Width: 517 cm
Height: 173 cm
Depth: 774 cm

Commissioned By
Jewish Community of Teplice, Holocaust Victims Foundation

Dates

2024 November 18 — Unveiling

Description

The monument to the victims of the Holocaust is located approximately in the centre of the new Jewish cemetery in Teplice. The rectangular grave is bordered by 9 rectangular pillars connected by a metal chain. Each pillar consists of a low plinth, a block of black concrete and a prefabricated concrete top. The headstone is made of black concrete blocks and consists of a rectangular base, a central stele and two columns on either side. The stele is also topped with a concrete cornice. In the central part of the headstone there is a shallow niche in which a rectangular memorial plaque is set. It is made of plastic imitating black granite, measures 72 x 100 cm and bears an engraved inscription, which is complemented at the top by a Magen David, both finished in white.

Inscription

Zde bylo uloženo cca 90 uren s popelem našich židovských souvěrců, kteří zemřeli
za německé okupace v letech 1938 – 1943, kterým byl znemožněn řádný židovský pohřeb.
Pořízeno dle soupisu, uloženém na Židovské obci v Teplicích.

Baum Frida 02.10.1894 – 02.04.1941
Beer Sigmund 11.04.1863 – 24.03.1942
Böhm Julius 24.01.1874 – 04.05.1942
Böhm Friedrich 16.05.1903 – 28.11.1938
Bendova Berta 06.07.18776 – 12.03.1842
Baum Olga 02.11.1868 – 22.12.1938
Beckmann Eduard 30.05.1859 – 19.09.1942
Blumberg Georg 06.11.1868 – 24.09.1942
Bermeiser Albert 10.10.1864 – 25.04.1941
Engelsmann Valerie 26.06.1870 – 16.03.1940
Fischer Julie 10.04.1867 – 31.01.1940
Frankl Marie 28.03.1869 – 18.12.1939
Freund Paul 10.11.1886 – 21.01.1939
Freund Ludwig 28.02.1868 – 10.12.1938
Fürth Alfred 30.01.1876 – 06.10.1941
Fischel Erwin 25.07.1904 – 03.04.1942
Glaser Fanny 22.09.1853 – 30.12.1941
Goldmann Leo 24.12.1867 – 12.10.1943
Grimm Katharina 28.03.1869 – 25.12.1938
Grosskopf Alexander 22.04.1880 – 18.07.1942
Gutfreund Arthur 29.08.1886 – 26.04.1940
Grossmann Adolf ? ? ? - 12.12.1942
Hahn Josef 20.09.1858 – 18.01.1940
Hirsch Josef 05.11.1890 – 17.04.1943
Heller Alois 19.04.1865 – 06.03.1942
Hirsch Julie 26.12.1852 – 13.05.1939
Heller Sofie 08.11.1865 – 03.12.1939
Horowitz Ferdinand 29.10.1876 – 24.02.1943
Hoppen Titus 21.09.1855 – 06.10.1941
Holzbauer Rudolf 26.09.1874 – 20.09.1939
Hirsch Heinrich 23.07.1874 – 08.12.1940
Hoppen Gittel 31.10.1860 – 23.07.1942
Hirsch Israel 21.10.1906 – 09.03.1942
Hutter Richard 14.01.1892 – 18.08.1941
Ickes Ludwig 01.11.1891 – 08.08.1942
Kohorn Anna 01.04.1866 – 28.12.1941
Kohorn Lazar 21.01.1854 – 08.03.1941
Kohorn Gustav 07.03.1892 – 05.04.1941
Köstler Sara Rosel 13.06.1850 – 07.07.1942
Konirsch Adolf 04.07.1864 – 01.07.1941
Kohn Julius 23.11.1875 – 25.07.1941
Kohn Ludwig 11.08.1864 – 07.02.1941
Köhler Viktor 09.07.1867 – 05.02.1940
Klein Leopold 22.12.1857 – 27.07.1939
Klein Hugo 15.10.1881 – 30.06.1941
Kaunegiesser Julie 1884 – 06.03.1942

Kohn Jakob 19.03.1856 – 27.07.1942
Karpeles Ernest 06.06.1871 – 04.05.1940
Löbl Elfrieda 09.03.1882 – 23.07.1939
Lustig Valerie 17.04.1873 – 23.09.1941
Löwit Eduard 04.03.1874 – 26.06.1941
Löwin Ernst 07.06.1884 – 22.07.1941
Löbl Kamill 09.08.1883 – 23.06.1940
Lichtenstein Anna 08.08.1874 – 29.06.1942
Lenk Emma 17.01.1863 – 21-01.1939
Leiner Adolfina 04.02.1859 – 16.12.1938
Mendl Emil 06.09.1956 – 29.04.1939
Midas Otto 09.11.1900 – 07.04.1939
Mendel Anna 04.03.1876 – 29.11.1941
Meisel Wilhelm 20.11.1868 – 12.01.1942
Nettel Elsa 02.10.1887 – 27.12.1938
Neumann Eduard 07.01.1869 – 24.02.1941
Neurath Karl 11.09.1878 – 22.09.1941
Pick Franziska 19.06.1866 – 16.11.1939
Österreicher Hugo 11.11.1883 – 02.05.1942
Polikier Anna 15.02.1867 – 28.12.1939
Polikier Henrich 20.08.1861 – 27.12.1939
Pfeffer Fanny 09.11.1868 – 21.04.1941
Riethof A. 21.01.1874 – 27.01.1942
Ritter Josef 01.10.1872 – 19.11.1943
Resek Robert 16.04.1874 – 16.10.1940
Ritter F. 24.02.1891 – 17.08.1939
Robitschek Veronika 12.02.1869 – 09.02.1942
Roth M. 21.11.1868 – 06.09.1939
Saudek Heinrich 26.01.1862 – 16.06.1942
Spiegel Moritz 12.02.1853 – 21.01.1940
Simmler Herta 09.04.1921 – 20.06.1941
Schmoll Antonie 14.06.1875 – 13.11.1942
Schülz Franziska 26.06.1863 – 26.11.1939
Schmoll Olga 15.04.1876 – 22.09.1941
Schick Otto 01.01.1876 – 07.06.1940
Stein Siegmund 06.12.1856 – 08.07.1942
Stein Felix 29.10.1867 – 10.07.1939
Stein Leopold 18.03.1855 – 10.07.1940
Steiner Ida 26.02.1887 – 25.09.1939
Stingel Hermine 20.03.1858 – 25.07.1942
Taussig Rudolf 03.01.1865 – 23.04.1940
Taussig Karl 02.10.1864 – 16.09.1940
Wolf Franziska 04.07.1856 – 19.09.1939
Weigner Karl 15.03.1860 – 07.04.1939
Weil Marie 30.06.1867 – 07.02.1941
Wohrizek Pauline 28.18.1865 – 26.11.1938

„Kéž je jejich duše pojata do svazku živých“

History

The first written mention of the presence of Jews in Teplice dates back to the 15th century, by the end of which there was probably already a Jewish community in the town. The existence of a local synagogue was first documented in the 16th century. In 1668, the authorities expelled the Jews from the town, who subsequently settled in nearby Sobědruhy. After the abolition of discriminatory laws in the mid-19th century, the number of Jewish inhabitants of Teplice began to increase rapidly. In 1853 there were 500 Jews living there and in 1870 their number reached 1,280. As the original synagogue was no longer sufficient to meet the needs of the growing community, a new synagogue was built in 1880–1882 according to the design of the architect Wilhelm Stiassny (1842–1910). At that time, the families of the industrialists Lederer, Heller, Rindskopf and Rotschild were also part of the local Jewish community. As a result of World War I, a large group of Orthodox Jews from Eastern Europe came to Teplice.
Even before the occupation of the Czechoslovak borderlands by Nazi Germany in October 1938, local Jews began to leave Teplice. By the end of that year, over 7,000 Jews had left the Teplice district. The new synagogue was burnt down by the Nazis in March 1939 and demolished at the end of the same year. The old and new cemeteries in Teplice were destroyed during the Nazi occupation. In November 1942, the Jewish residents of Teplice were deported to concentration and extermination camps.
The Jewish community was rebuilt after the end of World War II. The arrival of Jewish refugees from the area of Subcarpathian Ruthenia contributed to its development. In the post-war years, the community had 1,300 members.
A new Jewish cemetery in Teplice was established in 1862. Around 3,500 tombstones have been preserved in the area of more than two hectares. The site also includes a ceremony hall, an undertaker's house and a mortuary. The new Jewish cemetery has been protected heritage since 2004 and is still used for burials today. The unveiling ceremony of the monument to the victims of the Holocaust took place on 18 November 2024 and was attended by the chairman of the Jewish Community of Teplice, Michael Lichtenstein, the clergyman Tomáš Pulc and a member of the board of the Federation of Jewish Communities, Judita Augustová. The grave site contains approximately 90 urns of Holocaust victims who died in Teplice or in the concentration camps of Dachau, Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen or Mauthausen. The monument was created by Tomáš Pulc, Vitalij Makonda and R. Kraus from Teplice. The Holocaust Victims Foundation and the Jewish Community of Teplice contributed financially to its creation.

Sources

Literature

Blanka Rozkošná – Pavel Jakubec, Židovské památky Čech: Historie a památky židovského osídlení Čech, Brno 2004, pp. 385–386.

Websites

Media

Radek Spála, 600 let od příchodu židů do Teplic, Posel Židovské obce Teplice, No. 1, March 2014, pp. 2–3.
Tomáš Pulc, Teplitz-Schönau 1942, Posel Židovské obce Teplice, September 2022, No. 3, p. 14.
Odhalení památníku na NŽH v Teplicích, Posel Židovské obce Teplice, December 2024, No. 4, p. 9.

Heritage Protection

Cultural Heritage Monument reg. No. ÚSKP 100967 – Jewish cemetery

https://www.pamatkovykatalog.cz/zidovsky-hrbitov-2173701

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Entry Author

Eliška Draslarová