The New Synagogue (Polish: Nowa Synagoga), officially the New Synagogue of Tłomackie (Polish: Nowa Synagoga w Tarnowie), was a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located on the corner of Nowa and Waryńskiego Streets, in Tarnów, in the Masovian Voivodeship of Poland.
| New Synagogue | |
|---|---|
Polish: Nowa Synagoga | |
 The former synagogue, in the 1920s | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Judaism (former) |
| Rite | Nusach Ashkenaz |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue (1878–1943) |
| Status | Destroyed |
| Location | |
| Location | Nowa and Waryńskiego Streets, Tarnów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship |
| Country | Poland |
  Location of the destroyed synagogue in Lesser Poland Voivodeship | |
| Geographic coordinates | 50°00′51″N 20°59′27″E / 50.01417°N 20.99083°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Władysław Ekielski |
| Type | Synagogue architecture |
| Style | Moorish Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1865 |
| Completed | 1908 |
| Destroyed | November 1939 |
| Specifications | |
| Dome(s) | One (maybe more) |
| Materials | Brick |
| [1][2] | |
The synagogue was designed by Władysław Ekielski in the Moorish Revival style, commenced in 1865 and completed in 1908, the lack of funds delayed timely construction. The synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was set on fire by the Nazis in November 1939. The fire lasted three days but the building did not collapse; it was blown up instead.[2]
The only remnant of the synagogue, a pillar, was preserved as an element of the monument in the Jewish cemetery in Tarnów. In September 1993, the Committee for the Protection of Monuments of Jewish Culture from Tarnów placed a plaque on a building at the corner of Nowa and Waryńskiego Streets. The inscription, in Polish and Hebrew, reads:[2]
“Here stood the greatest synagogue called “the New synagogue”. In November 1939 it was burned down by the Germans.”
See also
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References
edit- ^ "New (Jubilee) Synagogue in Tarnów, Poland - Postcard" (Photograph). The Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art. Center for Jewish Art. Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 1916. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Tarnów: Nowa Synagoga". Virtual Shtetl. POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
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