Memorial Plaque for the Jewish Community of Kittsee

A memorial plaque was unveiled in 2008 on a wall at the location of the former synagogue in Kittsee, commemorating the Jewish citizens of Kittsee. The origins of the Jewish community in Kittsee date back to the 17th century. Since the beginning of the 18th century, it belonged to the princely Esterházy Seven Communities. On the night of April 16, 1938, the Gestapo took all the Jews and Jewish women from Kittsee from their homes and deported them to an island in the Danube near Theben (Devin/Slovakia). The approximately 60 displaced persons waited months on a towboat on the Danube before they were able to flee, mostly to China, the United States, or Palestine.