Historical background

On December 6, 1944, Germans arrested 15 Gypsies (men), who were shot and buried in the Jewish cemetery in Zvolen. SEE MORE.

Description of commemoration

A memorial plaque was placed on the building of the Commune Office in Dúbravy in 1975, on which the names of 15 Gypsies murdered in Zvolen are listed. There is no information that they belong to the Roma, and this fact is only indicated only by the surname Klinec. The plaque names 15 Gypsies and 7 non-Gypsies (including one non-Gypsy woman).

Inscriptions

In Slovak:

„Na pamiatku padlých v druhej / svetovej vojne z obci Dúbravy // [nazwiska – NG] // Venované k 30. výr. oslobodenia obce / 1975” [podane tylko nazwiska cygańskie – NG]

Translation:

(In memory of those from the municipality of Dubravy [names – NG] who were killed in World War II. Dedication on the 30th anniversary of the liberation of the municipality – 1975)

Names of victims (only Gypsy names are listed here)

Klinec Juraj

Klinec Vojtech

Klinec Gejza

Klinec Peter

Klinec Adam

Klinec Imrich

Klinec Pavel

Klinec Mikulaš

Klinec Gustav

Klinec Koloman

Klinec Juraj

Klinec Jozef

Klinec Samuel

Klinec Juraj

Klinec Viliam

Date of the unveiling

1975

Author

Initiator

Commune Office in Dúbravy

Address

Obecný úrad Dúbravy
Dúbravy 196
962 12  Dúbravy

Location

48°35’19.6″N 19°22’10.2″E

Materials

Zuza Kumanová, Arne B. Mann, Ma bisteren, Nové poznatky o holocauste Rómov na Slovensku, Bratislava 2015, s. 22.

 

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