Obj. ID: 20194
Memorials Memorial Plaque at the Site of the New Synagogue in Gliwice, Poland
To the main object: New Synagogue in Gliwice (Gleiwitz), Poland, Postcard
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During the "Kristallnacht" (i.e. the night of 9th to 10th November 1938) the synagogue was burned by the Nazis. On 10 November 1938, the remaining ruins were blown out, and afterward a park and a playground covered the empty yard.
In 2002 the plot of land was purchased by a private owner.
Since 2003 the place of the synagogue has been commemorated with two plaques by Krzysztof Nitsch. On the upper decorative plaque, a Polish-Hebrew text has been inscribed: "A synagogue used to stand in this place between 1861 and 1938." On the lower plaque, a Polish-German text has been inscribed: "Setting fire to the synagogue during Kristallnacht, in the night of 9th to 10th November 1938, has become a symbol of the repression and persecution of the Gliwice Jewish community, which, for more than 150 years, co-shaped the history of this town. The deportations of over 600 members of the Jewish community to the Nazi Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp ended in December 1943".
In 2008, on the initiative of the "Memory-Zikaron" Assocation for Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Gliwice, the memorial plaques were cleaned.
(Text from Virtual Shtetl)