Old Synagogue Marienwerder (West Prussia)

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Coordinates: 53 ° 44 ′ 0.6 ″  N , 18 ° 55 ′ 22.4 ″  E

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Old Synagogue Marienwerder (West Prussia)​
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Old Synagogue in Marienwerder (2012)

The Old Synagogue in Marienwerder (Polish: Kwidzyn ), a town in the Polish Pomeranian Voivodeship and the seat of the Powiat Kwidzyński , was built between 1830 and 1832. The secular synagogue on Mauernstrasse is a protected cultural monument .

The New Synagogue was built in 1920, which was partially destroyed by arson by SA men during the November pogrom in 1938 .

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online edition ).

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