Synagogue (Radom)

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Coordinates: 51 ° 24 ′ 3.6 ″  N , 21 ° 8 ′ 38.4 ″  E

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Drawing of the synagogue
Photo of the synagogue (January 1941)

The Great Radom Synagogue was built in the city of Radom in Congress Poland in 1844 . At that time the area belonged to Russia . The Jewish population of the city is given as 23.2 (1827) up to 40 percent. In addition to the Orthodox synagogue, which was reserved exclusively for men, Radom had a number of other prayer houses.

The synagogue had a square main hall measuring 18 mx 18 m, with an entrance hall in front of it in the west. The twelve glass windows, some of which were coupled, had frames in the Moorish style. The prayer room was lit through 24 windows in a square dome. This was supported by four wooden pillars. The roofs were covered with sheet metal. The building was located in today's Podwalna Street .

During the Second World War, the German occupation destroyed the already desecrated building. After the war, the ruins were torn down. Only the stumps of the pillars of the vestibule remained. In 1950, a memorial stele was erected on the open space in memory of the Jewish population of Radom. The design came from Jakub Zajdensznir.

  • Truncated pillars of the vestibule

  • The memorial stele

See also

literature

  • Z. Chołuj: Synagogue w Radomiu - próba reconstrukcji. In: Radomir. No. 5, 1987, pp. 61-64.
  • Ewa Kutyła: Tour of Radom . 3rd edition, Radom 2015. pp. 65–66.

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Commons : Synagogue in Radom  - collection of images