Synagogue (Chorzów)
Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 53 ″ N , 18 ° 57 ′ 4 ″ E
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 ).
Web links
Commons : Synagogue (Chorzów) - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Description at Virtuelles Schtetl (English, accessed on March 18, 2016)