In February 2019, we posted about how the ruined and long-abandoned Jewish cemetery in Novi Pazar, Serbia was under restoration sponsored by the city.
The work has been completed, and Deutsche Welle this week posted a video about the restored cemetery, with an interview with Fahrudin Kladničanin, leader of the local NGO Academic Institute Forum 10, which has been a driving force in the project.
He speaks about the significance of the cemetery, which is listed as a cultural monument, in recognizing the role Jews played for centuries in a town that today is predominantly Muslim and in commemorating the community that was destroyed in the Holocaust.
You can click here to see the DW video in Serbian with English subtitles on DW’s web site — or watch it below, shared from Dailymotion.
In an article in September 2023, Kladničanin wrote that “Tombstones were restored, a complete fence was built, a new gate, lighting, a small amphitheater and a memorial plaque were built. In this way, living people restored dignity to the dead.”
Click here to see our February 2019 post about the beginning of the cemetery’s restoration
Watch Forum 10’s video from 2017 about the cemetery and Jewish history in Novi Pazar: