Synagogue in Zenica
Object Detail
Building Date
1903
Synagogue active dates
Until WWII
Reconstruction Dates
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
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.
Condition
Present Usage
Museum
Present Usage Details
listed building
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)
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Bibliography
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/
Loker, Zvi, ed., Pinkas ha-kehilot: Yugoslaviya (Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 1988), http://www.makabijada.com/pinkasyu/index.htm (accessed February 20, 2023)
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
1999
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 44.199474, 17.909435