The Synagogues of Europe
PAST AND PRESENT
 Ukraine A to K

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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.
 
 
UKRAINE    
BERDYCHIV, UKRAINE (c. 1910)

Berdychiv Synagogue, ul. Machnowiecka

 
BEREHOVE, UKRAINE
c. 1900 was Beregszįsz, Hungary; c. 1930 was Berehovo, Czechoslovakia.

Built 1880-1890, the former Grand Synagogue was converted into a Culture Center.

 
BEREZDOVTSY, UKRAINE TW
pre-1939 was Brzozdowce, Poland
 
BEREZHANY, UKRAINE (1945?)  TW
pre-1939 was Brzeżany,  Poland.
 
BOBRKA, UKRAINE  
BRODY, UKRAINE
CHERVONOGRAD, UKRAINE
known as Krystynopol, Poland before WWII.
before World War II
 

CHERNIVTSY, UKRAINE (1929)
known as Czernowitz (Austrian Empire) cir 1900 and  as
Cernăuţi, Romania before WWII.
The Temple of Czernowitz

In 1872 there was a split in Czernowitz between the Reform and Orthodox communities.  In 1873 construction of the synagogue commenced. Two years later both communities reunited, and  in 1878 the synagogue, designed a bit like a mosque, was consecrated.  The synagogue was used mostly by the wealthier Reform group, though services were not so Reform. At the time, the synagogue was  the most prominent building in all of Czernowitz.

In 1940 the Russians, who had annexed Czernowitz, closed the synagogue and confiscated its property. On Jul 5, 1941, German and Romanian soldiers burned down the synagogue. In 1959 the ruins were converted into a movie theater (see bottom photo on right.)

CHORTKIV, UKRAINE  (1930) TW
pre-1939 was known as
Czortków, Poland.
 
DNIPROPETROVSK (EKATERINOSLAV), UKRAINE



Photo, right dated 2000.

*1
DROGOBYCH, UKRAINE (1900) TW
pre-1939 was Drohobycz, Poland.
 
DRUZHKOPOL, UKRAINE (1915) TW
pre-1939 was Drużkopol, Poland.
 

DUBNO, UKRAINE  (2004*)
Grosse Shul

There are plans--but no funds--to restore this building, perhaps as a museum of Jewish life.

*Bottom photo, right: Synagogue photo dated cir 1914. From Tomek Wisniewski.

EKATERINOSLAV, UKRAINE  
EKATERINOSLAV, UKRAINE  
GoroKHOV, Ukraine (1917) TW
known as
Horochów, Poland before WWII.

 

Gorodok, Ukraine (1910) TW
Gródek Jagielloński, Poland before WWII.

Wooden synagogue.

 
GVOZDETS, UKRAINE (1900) TW
Gwoździec, Poland before WWII.

Interior of the seventeenth century  wooden synagogue.

 
HUSIATYN, UKRAINE

The synagogue is now a museum.



1936
IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE TW
Was Stanisławów, Poland before WWII.

Photo left: Dated 1907. Photo right: Dated 1933.

IVANO-FRANKOVO, UKRAINE TW
Was Janow Lwowski, Poland before WWII.

Wooden synagogue.
 
Kamyanets Podilskyy, UKRAINE (cir 1920)  
Kamyanets Podilskyy, UKRAINE (mid-1990s) *1

Former Great Synagogue. Burned down during World War II. Rebuilt in the 1970s as a restaurant. Photo by Yuli Lifshits.
 

 
KERCH, UKRAINE (2001) *1

Facade of renovated Synagogue. Photo by V. Kantor

 
KHARKIV, UKRAINE (1995) *1
The Choral Synagogue

Photo by E. Kotlyar
 
KHERSON, UKRAINE (1995/2000) *1

left: facade before renovation
right: facade post-renovation
Khmelnytskyy, UKRAINE (1985) *1

Synagogue was torn down in 1991.
 
 
KHODOROV, UKRAINE (c. 1930) TW
Was Chodorów, Poland before WWII. Synagogue of the 17th century.

Wooden synagogue.

 
KIEV, UKRAINE (2007/2008)
Great Choral/Podil  Synagogue

From Wikipedia: "The synagogue was built 1895 and reconstructed in 1915.
Gabriel Jakob Rozenberg and Wladimir Gorazjewitsch Ginzburg, two merchants, financed the building. It was built in an Aesopian style. In 1929, the synagogue was closed and the building was converted into a stable.. The building was further defiled during World War II by the Nazis.

In 1945, the building was again used as a synagogue. In 1992, Yaakov Bleich was appointed rabbi of the Jewish community of Kiev and chief rabbi of Ukraine."

photo, right: The Holy Ark of the synagogue.

KIEV, UKRAINE (1900/2007/2008)
Brodsky Synagogue

According to Wikipedia,
"The synagogue was built between 1897 and 1898. A merchant named Lazar Brodsky financed its construction. The synagogue was designed in Moorish style by Georgij Szlejfer.

The building was devastated during the Second World War by Nazis and was subsequently used as a puppet theatre for a long period. It was renovated in 2000 and is currently used as a synagogue."

KIEV, UKRAINE (2007)
Galitska Synagogue

According to Wikipedia,
"The synagogue was built in 1909 in a Moorish style. The facade is neo-romanticist, with neo-Byzantine elements. The building was devastated during the World War II by the Nazis. For the next fifty years it was used an ammunition storage. It was renovated in 2001 and it is still active today."

 

 
KIEV, UKRAINE (2007)
Great Choral  (Podil) Synagogue
Shchekavitskaya Street

 According to Wikipedia,
"
The synagogue was built 1895 and reconstructed in 1915. Gabriel Jakob Rozenberg and Wladimir Gorazjewitsch Ginzburg, two merchants, financed the building. It was built in an Aesopian style. The building was defiled during the World War II by Nazis."

 
KIROVOHRAD (ELIZAVETGRAD), UKRAINE
Choral Synagogue
Moskovskaya Street and Ewrejskaja Sinagoga
KLEVAN, UKRAINE (1930) TW
Was Klewań, Poland before WWII.
 
KOLOMYYA, UKRAINE (1910) TW
Was Kołomyja, Poland before WWII.
 
KOSIV, UKRAINE (1910) TW
Was Kosów, Poland before WWII.
 

KOVEL, UKRAINE (2006)


The building still stands, and it is a textile factory.


*
KREMENETS, UKRAINE (1925) TW
was Krzemieniec, Poland before WWII.
 
KUTY, UKRAINE (1925) TW
was Kuty, Poland before WWII.
 

TW - from Tomek Wisniewski, www.bagnowka.com.

*--Photo edited in 2002 by Wydawnictwo Mazowieckie, Przasnysz and prepared by Mariusz Bondarczuk and Artur K.F. Wolosz.

*1--  courtesy of  Our Legacy: The CIS Synagogues, Past and Present by Michael Beizer, AJDC/Gesharim,  (book), Jewish Agency, Education Department (internet version).


 

 


 











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