מתוך ומחמס
יגאל נפשם
[מגן דוד]

1939 - 1945

DVECENTO EBREIDI VENEZIA OTTOMILA EBREI D’ITALIA SEI MILIONI DI EBREI D’EUROPA DA CIECO BARBARICO ODIO IN LONTANE TERRE CACCIATI MARTORIATI SOPPRESSI

IL RICORDO DELL’ ATROCISSIMA OFFESA ALLA VMANA CIVILTA
RICHIAMI CLI VOMINI TUTTI ALLA SANTA LECCE DI DIO AI SENTIMENTI DI FRATERNITA E DI AMORE CHE PRIMO ISRAELE AFFERMO FRA I POPOLI

The synagogue wall with the sign on it, photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

Below this sign is another sign with a map of the Venice ghetto, and an indication that this is the Sephardic synagogue Click for sign's details

Translation of the text on the sign:
From oppression and violence
Their soul shall be redeemed
[Star of David]

1939 - 1945

Two hundred Jews of Venice
Eight thousand Jews of Italy
Six million Jews of Europe
By blind and barbaric hatred
Driven out, tormented, annihilated in distant lands

The memory of the most atrocious offense against human civilization
Calls upon all mankind to return to the holy law of God
And to the feelings of brotherhood and love
Which Israel was the first to proclaim among the nations.