Synagogue (Chorzów)

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Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 53 ″  N , 18 ° 57 ′ 4 ″  E

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Postcard with the synagogue in Chorzów
Synagogue ruins in 1940

The synagogue in Chorzów (German Königshütte ), a town in the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland , was built on Kaiserstraße in 1874/75.

There was room for more than 400 men in the synagogue , and there was a gallery for women .

The synagogue was destroyed during the German occupation of Poland in 1939. In 1940 the synagogue ruins had to be cleared away by Jewish forced laborers. Today there is a department store on the site of the 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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