New Synagogue in Wielkie Oczy
Object Detail
Building Date
1910
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
1917 (design) -1927; 2011-13
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
The depiction of the synagogue appears on the Holocaust memorial plaque devoted to Jews from Wielkie Oczy placed in the Chamber of Holocaust, Jerusalem, in the 1950s.
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Cultural center
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
The synagogue was reconstructed in 1927 with a generous donation by Eliahu Gottfrieda from USA.
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
2 (Regional)
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Bibliography
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski, Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog. (Warsaw, 1996);
Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka, "Polish Synagogues in the 19th Century" in Antony Polonski (ed.), From Shtetl to Socialism: Studies from Polin (London-Washington, 1993), pp. 212-231 (first published in Polin, vol. 2), ill. 23;
Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka, Bramy Nieba: Bóżnice murowane na ziemiach dawnej Rzeczypospolitej (Warsaw, 1999), ill. 614;
Przemysław Burchard, Pamiątki i zabytki kultury Żydowskiej w Polsce (Warszawa, 1990), p. 236;
Pinkas hakehilot: Polin, vol. 2: Galitsiya Hamizrahit (Jerusalem, 1980), p. 187;
Potocki, Andrzej, Żydzi w Podkarpackiem (Rzeszów, 2004), p. 196;
http://wielkieoczy.itgo.com/Monuments/Monuments_Synagogue.htm; Paweł Rydzewski / www.roztocze.stalwol.pl
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Eva Maria Kraiss
Photographer
Photograph Date
2017
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 50.023460, 23.162743