The Jewish cemetery

Daruvar is rich in historical and archaeological value from the Roman and medieval periods, with thermal springs and in its centre has preserved the natural unit called the Roman forest.

Daruvar is rich in historical and archaeological value from the Roman and medieval periods, with thermal springs and in its centre has preserved the natural unit called the Roman forest. Within the forest, in the eastern part, next to the marked trails, there is a Jewish cemetery, which dates from the early 19th century.

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In the cemetery, there are 160 monuments – large and small marble and stone tablets, that rise above the greenery and about hundred of them have inscriptions in Hebrew, German and Croatian. Since 1973, the Jewish cemetery is a Protected Monument of Culture of Nazi terror victims.

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Photo credits: Tourist Board Daruvar-Papuk Photo Archive

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