Synagogue (Wilejka)

Synagogue in Wilejka (1930s)

The synagogue in Vilejka , a Belarusian city ​​in Minskaya Woblasz , was built in the 19th century. The synagogue was destroyed in World War II.

Before 1941, the proportion of the Jewish population in Wilejka was very high. The majority of the Jewish population was murdered by the German occupiers during the Holocaust .

See also

• List of synagogues in Belarus

Web links

• Description of the synagogue, in Polish at Virtual Shtetl
• The Center for Jewish Art

Coordinates: 54 ° 28 ′ 54.8 ″  N , 26 ° 54 ′ 40 ″  E