Danon Dr Jakov - Jadovno 1941.

arrests occurred as well as taking to the Gospić concentration camp. After that, Kamber
began to invite the Serbs and the Jews to the supposed "conversion to the Catholicism" which
was another prank in a row in order to arrest, to rob and to take people to the concentration
camps. It accidentally happened with typo graphic Moric Trinki who had tentatively moved to
the Catholicism to stay alive (šinuj ašem) and then he was arrested, robbed and together with
his wife deported to the Gospić concentration camp of no return. Upon Kamber’s order in
November 1941 all Jews from Doboj were taken to the Ustashe death camps, except those
who succeeded in a mysterious way to get hold of Zone I or Zone II or to join the Partisans
and there was a small number of them indeed. Among the first victims of the genocide on
Jews in Doboj were: a part of a large Levi Levi: Gizela, Berta, Rifka, Sado and Jozef; owner
of the first Hotel in Doboj - Maks Griz, Flajšer Jakob, Švager Helena.
During World War II led by such an ideology, the Germans and the Ustashe turned the
Synagogue in Doboj into the stable and then destroyed the Synagogue in 1941. 93% of Jewish
population was taken to the concentration camps and never returned. Jewish families from
Doboj, the victims of the German and Ustashe genocide were: Polaček, Levi, Finci, Baruh,
Renert, Šmuel, Montiljo, Bauer, Skuteski, Kabiljo, Rubinštejn, Eškenaz, Papo, Perera,
Mačoro and others. Some managed to avoid the worst and their descendants are scattered
around the world. Unfortunately, the largest number of them didn’t survive. The entire
families were taken to the Jasenovac concentration camp - mostly men and later on women
and children were taken to the Đakovo concentration camp. The desperate examples of fear
and courage were marked in people's lives during these days. Many Jews from Doboj who
managed to escape the death camps joined the Partisans but didn’t stay alive to welcome the
liberation; they are: Jožika Griz, Gideon Ozmo (brother of the painter Daniel Ozmo), David
Elazar, Mošo Atijas, Sarina and Albert Vajs. The following Jews: Moni Levi, Ida, Klara and
Josip Elazar, Majer, Lorika and Lonika Altarac passed through the war carrying a rifle and a
five-pointed star on their caps known as "Titovka". The previous research on number of Jews
who were born and lived in Doboj until the moment when they were deported to the death
camps, the Doboj Jewish Municipality based the research on the lists collected by the
Museum of Holocaust "Yad Vashem" in Jerusalem, the Museum of Holocaust in Belgrade
and the Institute on Holocaust Research in Jasenovac, as well as from the other sources. On
these lists over a hundred of Jews were mentioned who were born in Doboj, who lived in
Doboj when the World War Two started, 93% of them died in different ways at the death
camps in the NDH, in the Partisans when fighting against the occupying power while only a
small number survived by a pure chance and the survived have been dispersed around the
world.
Only the front door which belonged to the
old destroyed Synagogue was found. The front
door was recently built on at Porta of the
Synagogue; the Synagogue was built for the glory
of God in 2003 in Doboj. Then on the wall of the
House of Piece a memorial was erected
symbolising not only the truth but also an
important message, that with faith in God, old,
young and future generation shall be bound by
remembering the Holocaust.
"The door of the old Doboj Synagogue
built in 1874, destroyed in 1941, found in 2003
are the door of hope which survived the terror of
the XX century and the witness of existence for faith in your love and power, our God and
God of our fathers Be blessed."
Few Jews who remained to live in Doboj after World War II continued their life with
their fellow citizens. Mihael Atijas, the Shoemaker from Doboj was in charge for the Jewish
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The door of the old Synagogue in Doboj