Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia

I was surprised to find out that Skopje has a Holocaust memorial center. It is a well organized museum but was expecting more information about the Holocaust in North Macedonia and other former Yugoslav territories after Germany occupied Yugoslavia in 1941 and less general information about Holocaust and Jewish community.

There were 3, 300 Jewish Northern Macedonians before the second world war. Afterward there were 300, most being sent to Treblinka and murdered. This Holocaust museum provides videos and documentary about the experience. There are also recollections of individual partisans who fought during World War II and recreations of cattle cars in which people were shipped to concentration camps. This museum also provides a history of Jewish peoples in Northern Macedonia through Time. Highly recommended! No photos.

I absolutely did not expect that visiting this museum would be such an exciting adventure. The love of detail, the history and the cloistered atmosphere. I recommend a visit.

I read and watched every display. Very moving and well done. If you aren’t going to take the time to appreciate the heritage and struggle of the Jewish people in Macedonia, don’t waste your money. However; if you have an afternoon to spend and the curiosity, you will be rewarded.

A reminder to humanity from darkest chapter of history, the museum capture with understandable sensitivity and broad vision the travails and sufferings of bold Jewish people. I was moved by some of the stories presented in the Museum.

Very nice museum. Mainly goes over an important and somewhat overlooked narrative - the story of the Sephardic Jews and the Jews of the Balkans and Europe - and not just randomly displays things.

Nice exhibition of the history of the Hebrew people. The section dedicated to the Holocaust is touching and documents the horror and the misary suffered by Jewish during the period

Certainly one of the best holocaust museum I have been to. Comprehensive history and immersive experience. Great to reflect on this sad part of history in Skopje