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Synagogue in Białowieża
Object Detail

Building Date
1910-1918

Synagogue active dates
Until 1960

Reconstruction Dates
Destroyed ca. 1960

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Poland | Podlaskie Voivodeship | Białowieża (Bialowieza)
| 61 Generała Waszkiewucza St.

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Stone

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Abandoned

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Urban significance

Significance Rating
1 (Local)

Condition of Building Fabric
E (No return)

Bibliography
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski, Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog. (Warsaw, 1996), p. 19 with ill.; Tomasz Wisniewski, Synagogues and Jewish Communities in the Bialystok Region: Jewish Life in Eastern Europe before 1939 = Bóżnice Białostocczyny: Hearthland of the Jewish Life - Synagogues and Jewish Communities in Białystok Region (Bialystok, 1992), p. 133-4 with ill.

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
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Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2008

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