The Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia (
Macedonian: Меморијален центар на холокаустот на Евреите од Македонија, ''Memorijalen centar na holokaustot na Evreite od Makedonija'';
Ladino: Sentro Memorial del Holokausto de los Djudios de la Makedonia) is a memorial to the
Holocaust
The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; ...
of the 7,148
Jews from North Macedonia and the history of the Jews in the
Balkans
The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...
, located in
Skopje, the
capital city
A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses t ...
of
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...
.
The Holocaust Memorial Center is a multimedia center, consisting of several functional parts.
The construction works began in 2005.
The Memorial Center is located in the so-called ''Jewish Quarter'' of Skopje, which was the center of Jewish life in this city until the deportation of the Jews. The museum is located behind the
Museum of the Macedonian Struggle, which faces the
Vardar
The Vardar (; mk, , , ) or Axios () is the longest river in North Macedonia and the second longest river in Greece, in which it reaches the Aegean Sea at Thessaloniki. It is long, out of which are in Greece, and drains an area of around . Th ...
River.
The Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia was officially opened on 10 March 2011, exactly 68 years after the allied Bulgarian and German forces deported the Jews of present-day North Macedonia to the
Treblinka extermination camp
Treblinka () was an extermination camp, built and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II. It was in a forest north-east of Warsaw, south of the village of Treblinka in what is now the Masovian Voivodeship. The camp ...
.
The opening was attended by high-ranking officials from North Macedonia,
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
and other countries, notably the
Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia Nikola Gruevski
Nikola Gruevski ( mk, Никола Груевски, pronounced ; hu, Nikola Gruevszki; born 31 August 1970) is a Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 2006 until his resignation, which was caused by the 2016 Mace ...
, the
President of the Republic of Macedonia
The President of the Republic of North Macedonia ( mk, Претседател на Република Северна Македонија; sq, Presidenti i Republikës së Maqedonisë së Veriut) is the head of state of North Macedonia.
The off ...
Gjorge Ivanov
Gjorge Ivanov ( mk, Ѓорге Иванов, ; born 2 May 1960) is a Macedonian politician, who served as the 4th President of North Macedonia from 2009 to 2019.
Early and personal life
Born at Valandovo, Ivanov finished primary and secondary sc ...
,
Israeli Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon
Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon ( he, משה יעלון; born Moshe Smilansky on 24 June 1950) is an Israeli politician and former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, who also served as Israel's Defense Minister under Benjamin Netanyahu from 2013 ...
, the presidents of
Montenegro
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and
Albania
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,
Filip Vujanović
Filip Vujanović ( Montenegrin Cyrillic: Филип Вујановић, ; born 1 September 1954) is a Montenegrin politician who served as the President of Montenegro from 2003 to 2018.
Early life and career
Born and raised in Belgrade, Vujano ...
and
respectively, as well as a member of the
Knesset
The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...
, religious leaders and diplomats.
[Memorial Center of the Holocaust of Jews from Macedonia opens]
Macedonian Information Agency
Media Information Agency (MIA; mk, Медиумска информативна агенција, translit ''Mediumska Informativna Agencija'') is a public information service of North Macedonia. It is among the news agencies that provide profes ...
. ''10-03-2011''
Within three days of the memorial opening, it was visited by more than 3,000 people.
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(in Macedonian). Večer. ''15-03-2011''
See also
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References
External links
Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia
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