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Obj. ID: 16935
Jewish Architecture
  Synagogue in Zenica, Bosnia

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 1999
Summary and Remarks
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Name/Title
Synagogue in Zenica | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Unknown
Date
1903
Synagogue active dates
Until WWII
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Congregation
Unknown
Location
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Zenica
| 1 Jevrejska St.
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Period Detail
Collection
Unknown |
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Iconographical Subject
Unknown |
Textual Content
Unknown |
Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
Material / Technique
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Brick
Measurements
Height
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Condition
Extant
Yes
Documented by CJA
Yes
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Museum
Present Usage Details
listed building
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
3 (National)
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance

The synagogue building was built between 1904 and 1907.

After WWII, returning survivors were unable to rebuild the heavily damaged synagogue building, and the building served other non-religious purposes. The building housed the printing press of Zenica Ironworks and in the 1960s it was used as a furniture store. Jewish Community of Yugoslavia reached an agreement with the city in 1968 to turn the building into a local museum. 

Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources

Loker, Zvi, ed., Pinkas ha-kehilot: Yugoslaviya (Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 1988), http://www.makabijada.com/pinkasyu/index.htm (accessed February 20, 2023)

CJA documentation;

Zusia Efron, "Omanut yehudit beyugoslavia", Pinkas hakehilot: yugoslavia (Jerusalem, 1988), pp. 322-340, p. 325;

https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2021/02/24/bosnia-herzegovina-city-of-zenica/

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