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Tlomackie Street
Synagogue Warsawsp;
Completed in 1878 at a cost of 300,000 Rubies. Synagogue houses over 1500
congregants. Style and structure resembles that of Greco-Roman and
Medieval mixture influences. Majestically structure. The Great
Synagogue on Tlomackie Street, Warsaw, destroyed. The temple was blown up
by the SS and Police General, Jürgen Stroop, on April 16, 1943, as a sign
of the completion of the "Great Operation" against the Warsaw Ghetto
Uprising. |
Rodeph Shalom
Philadelphia, Pa |
Dohany Street Synagouge
Budapest |
Neue Synagogue
Berlin
While this building is no
longer a place of worship, it has been restored to its former glory
as a museum documenting
Jewish life in the area. When it opened in 1866, it could seat three
thousand and its size and Moorish dome were a reflection of the
vitality of the neighborhood. Women sat in the balcony which could
accommodate 1,000 people. Damaged in the 1938 Kristallnacht. |
Synagogue Rebbai
Czorkow, Ukraine |
Synagogue
of Prague
The Old-New Synagogue in Prague
has suffered through many catastrophes in its history to become the oldest
surviving synagogue in Europe. The synagogue is also known by the names
Staronova and more commonly Altneuschul. |
