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Object Alone
Synagogue in Vaiņode
Object Detail

Building Date
1929

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Latvia | Kurzeme | Vaiņode
| Elkonu St.

Style

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Church

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

Wooden vault


Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Urban significance

Significance Rating
2 (Regional)

Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)

Bibliography
CJA documentation; Latvia: Synagogues and Rabbis, 1918-1940 (Riga, 2004), p. 199 with ill.; Menahem Barkahan, Rita Bogdanova & Meyer Meler, Latvia: Synagogues, Jewish Cemeteries, Burial Places of the Holocaust Victims. Map of Memorable Places of Jewish History (Riga, 2005)

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2007

Remarks

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