Ezras Israel Synagogue Explained

Ezras Izrael Synagogue
Native Name:Polish: Synagoga Ezras Izrael
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Functional Status:Destroyed
Location:ul. Wólczańska 6 Street, Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship
Country:Poland
Map Type:Poland Łódź Voivodeship
Map Size:250
Map Relief:1
Coordinates:51.773°N 19.451°W
Architect:Gustaw Landau-Gutenteger
Architecture Type:Synagogue architecture
Groundbreaking:1899
Year Completed:1904
Date Destroyed:November 1939
Materials:Bricks
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The Ezras Izrael Synagogue (Polish: Synagoga Ezras Izrael), also known as Wołyńska Shul, was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue or shul, located at ul. Wólczańska 6 Street, in Łódź, in the Łódź Voivodeship of Poland. Designed by Gustaw Landau-Gutenteger and completed in 1904, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis in November 1939.

History

The synagogue was built between 1899 and 1904 from donations by the Jewish merchants including those expelled from Tsarist Lithuania and Belarus area. The synagogue flourished for thirty years before it was burned to the ground by the Nazis on November 11, 1939 before the Łódź Ghetto was established.[1]

Other synagogues destroyed by the Nazis in Łódź included the Great Synagogue, on November 14, 1939, and the Stara Synagogue, on November 15–16, 1939.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ezras Izrael Synagogue in Łódź, Poland . Shtetlinks . .
  2. Book: Huberband, Shimon . The Destruction of the Synagogues in Lodz . Łódź Ghetto: Inside a Community Under Siege . Adelson, A. . Lapidus, R. . plus unnamed others . 2 . New York . 1989 .