Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Ornamental stone from above the entrance to the 1872 synagogue of Vrable, Slovakia, inscribed with Psalm 118, verse 19. The Jews of Vrable were deported to Auschwitz in 1944 by Hungarian forces allied with Nazi Germany. The abandoned synagogue deteriorated and was demolished in the 1970s by the communist government of Czechoslovakia.
- Date
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creation:
1872
commemoration: 1993 April 22
- Geography
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use:
Vrable synagogue;
Vrable (Slovakia)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Michal Kovác, President of the Slovak Republic
- Markings
- front, center, engraved : Hebrew text, Psalm 118:19 [Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will enter them, I will give thanks to the Lord.]
Physical Details
- Language
- Hebrew
- Classification
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Architectural Elements
- Category
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Architectural decorations
- Object Type
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Tympana (Architecture) (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Triangular, mottled pink and brown marble slab, with the lower section forming a rectangular shaped base. Engraved in the center in a triangular pattern are 3 lines of Hebrew text. It is enclosed in a wooden mount.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 20.250 inches (51.435 cm) | Width: 33.625 inches (85.408 cm) | Depth: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm)
- Materials
- overall : marble, wood, metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The tympanum was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Michal Kovac, President of the Republic of Slovakia.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-03-10 07:32:19
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn8309
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