Great Synagogue (Włodawa)

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The neo-baroque Torah shrine of the Wlodawa synagogue from 1936

The Great Synagogue was a synagogue on Czerwony Krzyż Street Nr. 7 in Włodawa , the county town of the district włodawa county in the Polish province Lublin , where few kilometers away during the German occupation of Poland, the Nazi death camp Sobibor was built.

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The sacred building was built between 1764 and 1774 according to plans by the architect Paweł Antoni Fontana. The neo-baroque Torah shrine from 1936 is remarkable . Damaged during World War II , the synagogue was restored in 1983 to serve as a museum.

  • Great Synagogue, outside

  • View of the two neighboring synagogues

  • The Menorah in the Great Synagogue

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Commons : Great Synagogue (Włodawa)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ′ 1 ″  N , 23 ° 33 ′ 2 ″  E