Obj. ID: 58297 Memorial on the Site of Great (New) Synagogue in Wrocław (Breslau), Poland, 1998
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Samuel D. Gruber | 2025
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Memorial on the Site of Great (New) Synagogue in Wrocław (Breslau) | Unknown
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History
The site of the destroyed Great (New) Synagogue (Am Anger) first became a part of memorial ceremonies in 1994, when the March of Remembrance for the Victims of the November Pogrom of 1938 was held for the first time on November 9. The White Stork Synagogue and the site of the Great (New) Synagogue became the starting and the ending points of the memorial march. Since then, the march has become an annual event. [Luft, 2023; Taczyńska, 2025, p. 23]
The monument at the site of the New Synagogue was unveiled on November 9, 1998.
The memorial was funded by the Jewish community and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [Taczyńska, 2025, p. 18]
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Sources
Dreyer, Nicolas, "Urban Memory of the Holocaust from Communism to Civic Activism: The Case of Wrocław," in Holocaust Monuments and Memorials in Central Europe, ed. Eva Janáčová (Berlin: de Gruyter, 2026), 111-40.
Luft, Maria, "Memorials in Wrocław. Remembering the Breslau Jewish Community in the Years Prior to 1945," (2023), Copernico, https://www.copernico.eu/en/articles/memorials-wroclaw-remembering-breslau-jewish-community-years-prior-1945 (accessed December 30, 2025)
Taczyńska, Katarzyna, "Local vs. National: Commemorative Practices of Jewish Cultural Heritage in Lower and Upper Silesia," Colloquia Humanistica 14 (2025): 1-36, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/398428980_Local_vs_National_Commemorative_Practices_of_Jewish_Cultural_Heritage_in_Lower_and_Upper_Silesia (accessed December 30, 2025)
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