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New Synagogue (Tarnów)

Coordinates: 50°00′51″N 20°59′27″E / 50.01417°N 20.99083°E / 50.01417; 20.99083
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New Synagogue
Polish: Nowa Synagoga
The former synagogue, in the 1920s
Religion
AffiliationJudaism (former)
RiteNusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusSynagogue (1878–1943)
StatusDestroyed
Location
LocationNowa and Waryńskiego Streets, Tarnów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
CountryPoland
New Synagogue (Tarnów) is located in Lesser Poland Voivodeship
New Synagogue (Tarnów)
Location of the destroyed synagogue
in Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Geographic coordinates50°00′51″N 20°59′27″E / 50.01417°N 20.99083°E / 50.01417; 20.99083
Architecture
Architect(s)Władysław Ekielski
TypeSynagogue architecture
StyleMoorish Revival
Groundbreaking1865
Completed1908
DestroyedNovember 1939
Specifications
Dome(s)One (maybe more)
MaterialsBrick
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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.

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.”

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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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