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Synagogue in Brzeg (Brieg)
Object Detail

Building Date
1799

Synagogue active dates
Until WWII

Reconstruction Dates
1899, 1937

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Poland | Opolskie Voivodeship | Brzeg
| 61 Długa St.

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Dwelling

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

During the Kristallnacht (November 9-10 1938) the Nazis burnt the synagogue down and burnt the Torah scrolls.


Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Urban significance

Significance Rating
2 (Regional)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography
http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/brzeg/11,synagogues-prayer-houses-and-others/28,synagogue-in-brzeg-61-wladyslawa-jagielly-street-/; Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski, Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog. (Warsaw, 1996), p. 26 with ill.; Burchard 1990, p. 195

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2008

Remarks

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