BUDAPEST GREAT SYNAGOGUE

Mijn dochter stuurde me foto's van haar bezoekje aan de grote synagoge van Boedapest. Ik mag ze delen. Ze  schreef:

"We zijn nu bij de grootste synagoge van Europa. Wat je hier ziet (foto 3) is de bekende kandelaar. Op elke tak zitten bladeren met daarop de namen van de omgekomen Joden, tijdens de hongersnood en de oorlog. het waren er 600.000. Dus 10 procent van alle Joden die omkwamen tijdens de holocaust kwam uit Hongarije."

Moniek sent me pictures of her (their) visit to the great synagogue in Budapest. I would like to share them on my blog. For the synagogue it is advisable to wear knee length dress/skirt or trousers. R. wore a kipah and Moniek wore a long skirt over her shorts. She was deeply impressed by the synagogue and history.

Hieronder: Mo bij de Levensboom (een omgekeerde menora) met 4000 blaadjes met daarop de namen van de 600.000 in de Tweede Wereldoorlog vermoorde Joden uit Hongarije. Op de dubbele zwarte boog staat: Is er een grotere pijn dan die van mij?

It is not customary to have a cemetery next to a synagogue, and the establishment of the 3,000 m2cemetery was only the result of historical circumstances. In 1944, as a part of the Eichmann-plan, 70,000 Jews were relocated to the Ghetto of Pest. Until 18 January 1945, when the Russians liberated the ghetto, around 8,000 to 10,000 people had died, although, one part of the deceased were transferred to the Kozma Street Cemetery, but 2,000 people were buried in the makeshift cemetery. In memory of those who had died, there is a memorial by the sculptor, Imre Varga, depicting a weeping willow with the names and tattoo numbers of the dead and disappeared just behind the Synagogue, in the Raoul Wallenberg Holocaust Memorial Park. (Source Wikipedia)

Opdat wij niet vergeten.