Synagogue in Brzeg (Brieg)
Object Detail
Building Date
1799
Synagogue active dates
Until WWII
Reconstruction Dates
1899, 1937
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
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
Photograph Copyright
Virtual Shtetl
Photographer
Photograph Date
2008
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 50.861328, 17.467443