Travnički Jevreji

Abstract

"Poslije Jevrejske opštine Sarajeva brojčano najsnažnija je bila Jevrejska opština u Travniku. Njen postanak datira još iz vremena 1699. godine kada je Eugen Savojski osvojio Sarajevo. Iza velikog požara te godine počeli su neki Jevreji iz Sarajeva da sele u Travnik. Njihov dolazak je bio sve veći od vremena kada je on postao vezirski grad. Spočetka su dolazile samo neke familije i pojedinci bez porodice, pa kada su se snašli i stvorili uslove za život i rad u novoj sredini, onda su doseljavali i njihovi pojedini rođaci sa porodicom. Može se slobodno reći, da su Jevreji u Travniku od svog dolaska do kobne 1941. godine živili i radili složno sa puno ljubavi i oduševljenja na uzdizanju i razvitku duhovne i materijalne kulture - prosperiteta Travnika i njegove okoline. U granicama svojih mogućnosti i sposobnosti oni su u svim akcijama davali svoj obol; zato u Travniku nije bilo antisemitskih pojava, niti bilo kakvih akcija protiv Jevreja do pojave nacizma u staroj Jugoslaviji četrdesetih godina ovoga stoljeća".

"After the Jewish community of Sarajevo, the Jewish community in Travnik was the strongest in terms of numbers. Its origins date back to 1699 when Eugene of Savoy conquered Sarajevo. After the great fire that year, some Jews from Sarajevo began to move to Travnik. Their coming was growing from the time when it became the vizier's city. In the beginning, only some families and individuals without members of families came, so when they managed and created conditions for living and working in a new environment, then their individual relatives with family also immigrated. It can be freely said that the Jews in Travnik from their arrival until the fateful 1941 lived and worked in harmony with a lot of love and enthusiasm for the rise and development of spiritual and material culture - the prosperity of Travnik and its surroundings. Within the limits of their capabilities and abilities, they gave their contribution in all actions; that is why there were no anti-Semitic phenomena in Travnik, nor any actions against Jews until the emergence of Nazism in the old Yugoslavia in the 1940s".