Židovi u Našicama do Holokausta

Abstract

Holokaust je prekinuo život našičke židovske zajednice. U Našicama i okolici je pred izbijanje samog rata, godine 1940., prema popisu Saveza jevrejskih veroispovednih opština bilo 229 Židova, predsjednik je bio Miska (Miška) Weiss, a zadnji rabin Jakob Schmelzer. Prema sjećanjima preživjelih, do travnja 1941. u Našicama je živjelo 130 članova židovskih obitelji razne životne dobi. Židovska općina nestala je u holokaustu, a sinagoga je srušena. Ono malo Židova što je preživjelo (prema nekim podacima 34 našička Židova su preživjela), preselilo se u Zagreb ili dalje u Hrvatsku ili su se iselili u novostvorenu državu Izrael tako da danas u Našicama gotovo nema Židova.

The Holocaust interrupted the life of the Našice Jewish community. In Našice and its surroundings, before the outbreak of the war in 1940, according to the list of the Association of Jewish Religious Communities, there were 229 Jews, the president was Miska (Miška) Weiss, and the last rabbi was Jakob Schmelzer. According to the memories of the survivors, until April 1941, 130 members of Jewish families of various ages lived in Našice. The Jewish community disappeared in the Holocaust, and the synagogue was destroyed. The few Jews who survived (according to some data, 34 Jews from Našice survived), moved to Zagreb or further to Croatia or emigrated to the newly created state of Israel, so today there are almost no Jews in Našice.