New Synagogue (Kalisz)

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Coordinates: 51 ° 45 ′ 37.1 ″  N , 18 ° 5 ′ 3.5 ″  E

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New synagogue in Kalisz

The New Synagogue in Kalisz (German Kalisch ), a Polish city ​​in the Greater Poland Voivodeship , was built in 1910/11 and destroyed by the German occupiers in 1940 .

The synagogue in the style of historicism was in the Short Street. It was built by the liberal Jewish community, which split off from the Orthodox Jewish community with the Great Synagogue .

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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