Iz povijesti Jevreja u Hrvatskoj

Abstract

Prošlo je dve stotine godina otkako su se pojavili prvi Jevreji na teritoriji današnje Narodne Republike Hrvatske. Dve stotione godina ispunjenih borbama u svim krajevima sveta, a osobito na tom malom području. Bilo je tu ratova i tuđinskih osvajanja, bilo je pokušaja da se ta lepa zemlja podvrgne pod vlast tuđina, ali hrvatski narod je izdržao u tim borbama i preživeo je sve kataklizme, koje su u toku dugih stoleća ugrožavale njegov opstanak. I jevrejska zajednica u hrvatskim zemljama proživela je teške periode. I ona je za to vreme pretrpela mnoga proganjanja i mnoga poniženja, naročito u strašnim godinama 1941-1945. Istorija Jevreja Hrvatske puna je stradanja i ona se ne razlikuje od istorije Jevreja u drugim zemljama.

It has been two hundred years since the first Jews appeared on the territory of the today's Republic of Croatia. Two hundred years filled with fighting in many parts of the world, and especially in this small area. There were wars and conquests, there were attempts to bring that beautiful country under the control of conquerors, but the Croatian people endured in these struggles and survived all the cataclysms that threatened his survival for many centuries. The Jewish community in Croatian countries, too, went through difficult periods. And during that time Jewish people suffered many persecutions and many humiliations, especially in the terrible years of 1941-1945. The history of the Jews of Croatia is full of suffering and is no different than the history of Jews in other countries.