Synagogue (Pszczew)

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Coordinates: 52 ° 28 ′ 40.4 "  N , 15 ° 46 ′ 49.4"  E

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Former synagogue in Pszczew
Interior view with women's gallery

The synagogue in Pszczew ( German Betsche ), a village and seat of a rural community in the Poviat Meseritz in the Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland , was built in 1854. The profane synagogue is located at Meseritzer Straße 2.

The building with a gable roof is seven meters wide and 11.20 long. The wooden women's gallery is still preserved today.

history

The last service took place in the synagogue in 1935 .

During the November pogroms in 1938 , the synagogue was devastated by SA men and then misused by the Hitler Youth .

After the war, the painter Otto Lemie used the synagogue building as a studio.

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 1: Aach - Groß-Bieberau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08077-2 ( online version ).

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