The Synagogues of Europe
PAST AND PRESENT
Switzerland

Home       |       Site Map      |       Exhibitions     |     About the Museum       |      Education     |      Contact Us       |        Links

          EXHIBITION

 
Below you will find a series of postcards that depict various synagogues that currently or once stood in Europe. Most of these photographs have been purchased, taken, or otherwise obtained by those visiting these towns and cities, and they have been subsequently submitted to the Museum to be placed online.  Some of these synagogues might still be extant, i.e. still being used as synagogues, but others lay abandoned and perhaps in a state of disrepair, or are currently being used for other purposes. Some have been restored.

Current town names are used to indicate the location of each synagogue.

The Museum welcomes further submissions, as this exhibition is forever ongoing and evolving. Please include the name of the country, town/city, synagogue (if known), and the month and year the photo was taken.

Please click on the thumbnail photos to see the enlarged versions.
 
 
SWITZERLAND

 

 
BERNE, SWITZERLAND (2011)
(inaugurated in 1906)
 
BIEL-BIENNE, SWITZERLAND (2010)
(inaugurated in 1883)
 
ENDINGEN, SWITZERLAND  
LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS, SWITZERLAND (1910)  
LENGNAU, SWITZERLAND  
ST. GALLEN, SWITZERLAND

picturesque synagogue.

"The Jews suffered hard times and were about to sell their old buildings." -- from the Forverts, February 24, 1924.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 











Copyright. Museum of Family History.  All rights reserved. 
Image Use Policy.