Synagogue (Jihlava)

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Synagogue in Jihlava, before 1939
Plaque. German translation:
This is where the new Iglauer Synagogue was located. It was built in the Moorish style in 1862 and 1863. On March 16, 1939, it was burned down by the German Nazis.
Dedicated to the memory of Božena and Dr. Filip Herrman who died in Nazi concentration camps.

The synagogue in Jihlava (German Iglau ), a town in Okres Jihlava in the Vysočina region ( Czech Republic ), was built in 1863. The synagogue was in 1939 by the Nazis destroyed and the ruins of the building was laid the 1950s.

history

In 1856 the Jewish community in Iglau built a small house of prayer. As the number of parishioners increased, this became too small, so that a large synagogue was built in 1863. The neo-Romanesque building in the city center was financed by donations. Joachim Jacob Unger worked here as rabbi from 1860 until his death in 1912 .

After the German occupation, a fire was set in the synagogue on March 16, 1939, which burned out completely. The ruin came into the possession of the city, which had it demolished in 1950.

See also

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

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Coordinates: 49 ° 23 ′ 45 "  N , 15 ° 35 ′ 10"  E