Cytron Synagogue (Białystok)
Coordinates: 53 ° 8 ′ 12.7 " N , 23 ° 9 ′ 11.7" E
The Cytron Synagogue in the Polish city of Białystok in the Podlaskie Voivodeship was built in 1936.
The secular synagogue at Ludwika Waryńskiego Street 24a was financed by the industrial family Cytron.
Before 1941, the proportion of the Jewish population in Białystok was very high. The majority were murdered by the German occupiers during the Holocaust .
The synagogue building was used differently after the Second World War . Many decorative elements were destroyed during the renovation at the end of the 1970s.
Today the synagogue building serves as the city's art gallery and museum.
Web links
- Description of the synagogue at Virtual Shtetl (English)
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