Synagogue (Kadaň)
Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 45 ″ N , 13 ° 16 ′ 22 ″ E
The synagogue in Kadaň (German Kaaden ), a town in Ústecký kraj in the Czech Republic , was built from 1888 to 1890 in the bastion, the old town fortifications.
After the German occupation of the Sudetenland in October 1938 , the synagogue was set on fire during the November pogrom in 1938 and destroyed down to the foundations.
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 ).
Web links
- The synagogue in Kaaden (accessed on March 12, 2016)