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Jews in Subotica
A Jewish community was founded in Subotica in 1775.
Before the Holocaust, the town was home to about
6,000 Jews, almost all of whom were deported to Auschwitz in 1944. A
Holocaust memorial was dedicated in front of the Synagogue in 1994, on
the 50th anniversary of the deporation. There is also an impressive
Holocaust memorial in the Jewish cemetery.
Today, with about 200 members, the Subotica community
is the third largest among Yugoslavia's eight Jewish communities. Only
Belgrade - with more than 1,800 members - and Novi Sad, with 600, are
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A memorial ceremony in 1994 commemorating the 50th
anniversary of the deportation of Jews from Subotica
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