Great Synagogue (Kalisz)

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Coordinates: 51 ° 45 ′ 46.1 ″  N , 18 ° 5 ′ 12.4 ″  E

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Great Synagogue in Kalisz

The Great Synagogue in Kalisz (German Kalisch ), a Polish city ​​in the Greater Poland Voivodeship , was built in 1852 and destroyed by the German occupiers in 1940 .

The synagogue in the style of historicism was at the Nadwodna Street.

The liberal community members founded their own Jewish community, which built the New Synagogue in 1910/11 .

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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