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Great Synagogue in Kraśnik
Object Detail

Building Date
1637-1654

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
18th century; 1875; after 1945; 1989; 2006

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Poland | Lublin Voivodeship | Kraśnik
| Bożnicza St.

Style

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

The image of the synagogue appears on the Holocaust memorial dedicated to the Jews from Kraśnik, murdered in the Holocaust (ID 56113).


Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Under reconstruction

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Wall paintings


Urban significance
Part of synagogue compound (shulhoyf)

Significance Rating
3 (National)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography

Hatsfira, 27.10.1887, p. 3;

http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/krasnik/11,synagogues-prayer-houses-and-others/4389,great-synagogue-in-krasnik-bozniczna-street-/


Andrzej Trzciński, The Traces of Monuments of Jewish Culture in the Lublin Region ([Lublin], [1989]), p. 26.

Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski. Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog (Warsaw: Jewish Historical Institute, 1996), p. 71 with ill..

Burchard, Przemysław. Pamiątki i zabytki kultury Żydowskiej w Polsce (Warsaw: Burchard Edition, 1990), p. 163.

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Photographer
Photograph Date
2017

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