Great Synagogue (Nyasvish)

Great Synagogue in Nyasvish (before 1939)

Interior view with Bima (before 1939)

The Great Synagogue in Nyasvish , a Belarusian city ​​in Minskaya Woblasz , was originally built around 1600. The synagogue was set on fire by the German occupiers in 1941 during World War II .

Before 1941, the proportion of the Jewish population in Nyasvish was very high. The majority of the Jewish population was murdered by the German occupiers during the Holocaust .

See also

• List of synagogues in Belarus

Web links

Commons : Synagogue (Nyasvish)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Description of the synagogue at Virtual Shtetl (English and Polish)

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